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diff --git a/docs/releases/1.4-beta-1.txt b/docs/releases/1.4-beta-1.txt index 60aae3c6d5..6b65c2c5a4 100644 --- a/docs/releases/1.4-beta-1.txt +++ b/docs/releases/1.4-beta-1.txt @@ -24,6 +24,23 @@ and we've `begun the deprecation process for some features`_. .. _backwards incompatible changes: `Backwards incompatible changes in 1.4`_ .. _begun the deprecation process for some features: `Features deprecated in 1.4`_ + +Version numbering +================= + +Internally, Django's version number is represented by the tuple +``django.VERSION``. This is used to generate human-readable version +number strings; as of Django 1.4 beta 1, the algorithm for generating +these strings has been changed to match the recommendations of `PEP +386 <http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0386/>`. This only affects the +human-readable strings identifying Django alphas, betas and release +candidates, and should not affect end users in any way. + +For example purposes, the old algorithm would give Django 1.4 beta 1 a +version string of the form "1.4 beta 1". The new algorithm generates +the version string "1.4b1". + + Python compatibility ==================== |