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2026-04-19Fixed #35007 -- Replaced ESLint with Biome for JavaScript linting and ↵Tom Carrick
formatting.
2026-04-17Clarified that reporters shouldn't set their own tickets as "Accepted".Jonathan Biemond
2026-03-31Fixed #36799 -- Added a how-to guide for testing pre-releases.VIZZARD-X
Thanks Sarah Boyce for the idea and Tim McCurrach for the review. Co-authored-by: Timothy McCurrach <tim.mccurrach@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Jacob Walls <jacobtylerwalls@gmail.com>
2026-03-20Made it clear that unreviewed tickets shouldn't be claimed or started.Jake Howard
2026-03-15Fixed typo in docs/internals/contributing/accessibility.txt.dcsid
2026-03-12Discouraged automated AI reviews of pull requests.Natalia
Some contributors have been requesting Copilot reviews on pull requests submitted to the Django repository. These automated reviews add noise to the PR history, making it harder to follow the discussion, and Django does not incorporate them into its review process. This change discourages the practice by: - Adding a `copilot-instructions.md` file instructing Copilot to decline review requests in this repository. - Adding a checklist item to the PR template asking contributors not to request automated AI reviews for their PR. - Documenting the policy in the contributing guidelines.
2026-03-06Extended committing code docs to add detailed instructions for backports.Natalia
Thanks to Jacob Walls for the original idea and the review.
2026-03-06Extended checks and docs for proper commit message format and edition.Jacob Walls
Thanks to Tim Schilling for the review. Co-authored-by: Natalia <124304+nessita@users.noreply.github.com>
2026-02-10Clarified optional nature of Contributor License Agreement.Jacob Walls
It's not clear that CLAs are needed to ensure contributors are assenting to our license (the "inbound=outbound" agreement), but we can keep them around for contributors who would like to (or are required by their employer) to submit one, without investing additional resources in checking every single contribution. See https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/cla-vs-dco-for-django-contributors/42399 and recent board minutes.
2026-01-30Added documentation on reviewing patches.Tim Schilling
Original inspiration drawn from Sarah Boyce's talk: "Django needs you! (to do code review)"
2026-01-29Made explicit that aspell is a requirement to run spell checks on docs.Natalia
2026-01-19Fixed unbalanced parentheses in docs.Clifford Gama
2026-01-15Fixed #36856 -- Mentioned needsnewfeatureprocess resolution in contributor docs.Amar Ahmed Deina
Co-authored-by: James Bligh <blighj@users.noreply.github.com>
2026-01-14Bumped linter versions in requirements files and tox.ini.Jacob Walls
Follow-up to 64ac4385c75b12a4065055b3d8d60bd5e0e61f04.
2026-01-08Added guidance on AI-assisted code submission to contributing docs.Natalia
2025-12-22Fixed #36305 -- Added documentation indentation guidelines to contributing docs.ankan0503
2025-12-07Refs #36620 -- Added contributor documentation for code coverage reports.saurabh
This was included in the original reverted patch: a89183e63844a937aacd3ddb73c4952ef869d2cc Follow-up to 26b0e2bb92caf2d16cabe455792350f20d6f42ca.
2025-11-25Reverted "Fixed #36620 -- Added coverage workflow to summarize coverage in ↵Natalia
pull requests." This reverts commit a89183e63844a937aacd3ddb73c4952ef869d2cc.
2025-11-21Fixed #36620 -- Added coverage workflow to summarize coverage in pull requests.saurabh
Part of GSoC 2025. Thanks Lily for mentorship, and Sarah Boyce and Jacob Walls for reviews.
2025-11-21Added GitHub Actions linter (zizmor).Jacob Walls
At the direction of the Security Team. Thanks Markus Holtermann, Jake Howard, and Natalia Bidart for reviews.
2025-11-04Updated ticket triage process diagram and contributing docs.ontowhee
2025-10-19Refs #36005 -- Bumped minimum supported versions of docutils to 0.22.Mariusz Felisiak
2025-10-16Bumped minimum isort version to 7.0.0.Jacob Walls
Added ignores relating to https://github.com/PyCQA/isort/issues/2352.
2025-10-14Removed mention of setuptools in ↵Jacob Walls
docs/internals/contributing/writing-code/unit-tests.txt.
2025-10-13Cautioned against multi-level relative imports in coding style docs.lyova24
2025-09-17Added backticks to email addresses in docs.Mariusz Felisiak
2025-09-13Refs #35667 -- Corrected usage of skip_file_prefixes in contributing docs.Clifford Gama
2025-09-12Refs #35667 -- Updated contributing guide to use django_file_prefixes on ↵nessita
deprecations.
2025-08-28Ensured :doc: role uses absolute targets in docs.Adam Johnson
2025-08-28Replaced :doc: role usage with :ref: when appropriate in docs.Natalia
2025-08-28Fixed #36570 -- Removed unnecessary :py domain from documentation roles.SaJH
Signed-off-by: SaJH <wogur981208@gmail.com>
2025-08-26Clarified Trac "version" attribute in contributing guide.Jacob Walls
2025-08-26Corrected definition of "needsinfo" triage stage in contributing guide.Jacob Walls
2025-08-25Fixed #36485 -- Added lint-docs check in Tox and GitHub Actions.David Smith
The `check` docs target now runs spelling, black, and lint, so all current documentation quality checks can be run with a single command. Also documented the lint-docs check's availability and usage.
2025-08-25Refs #36485 -- Rewrapped docs to 79 columns line length.David Smith
Lines in the docs files were manually adjusted to conform to the 79 columns limit per line (plus newline), improving readability and consistency across the content.
2025-08-25Refs #36485 -- Removed double spaces after periods in sentences.Natalia
2025-08-25Refs #36485 -- Fixed dangling hyphen and unbalanced inline markup in docs.David Smith
2025-08-23Removed reference to flake8 file exclusions.Jacob Walls
Obsolete since 41384812efe209c8295a50d78b45e0ffb2992436. (six was removed in 9285926295fbfc86b70e7be8d595d4cfbe7895b8.)
2025-08-05Refs #36485 -- Grouped docs checks under a unified make check target.David Smith
Added a new 'check' rule to the docs Makefile which runs both the black and spelling checks.
2025-08-05Refs #34140 -- Added dedicated code block formatting section in ↵David Smith
docs/internals/contributing/writing-documentation.txt.
2025-07-28Moved manual testing instructions from intro to submitting patches docs.Jordan Bae
The section on manual testing, including how to use a local checkout of Django, is moved from the contribution intro to the submitting patches docs. This makes it easier for reviewers and authors to follow best practices.
2025-07-23Fixed #36500 -- Set flake8 max-doc-length config to 79 columns.Mike Edmunds
Set flake8 max-doc-length to 79 to enforce smaller line length limit on docstrings and comments (per coding-style docs). Updated docs to clarify both requirements are enforced by flake8 and to remove some leftover language from the pre-black era.
2025-07-23Added accessibility guidelines for contributors.Thibaud Colas
2025-07-16Fixed #36477, Refs #36163 -- Added @deprecate_posargs decorator to simplify ↵Mike Edmunds
deprecation of positional arguments. This helper allows marking positional-or-keyword parameters as keyword-only with a deprecation period, in a consistent and correct manner.
2025-07-13Added Django ecosystem page to the documentation.Tim Schilling
2025-07-09Updated asgiref dependency.Carlton Gibson
2025-05-13Updated guidance to propose new feature ideas in contributing docs.Lily Foote
These changes include: * Clarification of the new feature proposal and evaluation process. * Reodering "points to consider" into reporting bugs section, since these are mostly trac-specific. * Narrowing the guide on user interface bugs and features to just bugs. * Updating documentation for Someday/Maybe triage stage. Co-authored-by: Tim Schilling <schilling711@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Sarah Boyce <42296566+sarahboyce@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Natalia <124304+nessita@users.noreply.github.com>
2025-03-31Fixes #36215 -- Included unpacking generalization notes in coding style ↵Aarni Koskela
guide (PEP-448).
2025-03-21Fixed #36138 -- Changed ADMINS and MANAGERS settings to lists of strings.Mike Edmunds
Previously, the ADMINS and MANAGERS settings were lists of (name, address) tuples (where the name had been unused). Deprecated use of tuples. Updated settings value sanity checks, and changed from ValueError to ImproperlyConfigured.
2025-02-19Fixed #35908 -- Retired the django-developers and django-users mailing lists.Sarah Boyce
Co-authored-by: Chaitanya Rahalkar <chaitanyarahalkar@squareup.com>