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authorTim Graham <timograham@gmail.com>2017-09-11 09:07:14 -0400
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2017-09-11 09:07:14 -0400
commit4844af90fb708a1fb2a25e1b8a581586678bc286 (patch)
treea183c66be663dac6b8aa604c353188ed43b2f104 /docs
parenta4092af3d33b2e7a5f05f6be3bdf8298d32d9ff8 (diff)
Fixed #28579 -- Doc'd upgrade effort expectations for Django 2.0.
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-rw-r--r--docs/internals/release-process.txt2
-rw-r--r--docs/releases/2.0.txt5
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diff --git a/docs/internals/release-process.txt b/docs/internals/release-process.txt
index a03d85036a..dc6d9a0696 100644
--- a/docs/internals/release-process.txt
+++ b/docs/internals/release-process.txt
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ security purposes, please see :doc:`our security policies <security>`.
.. _the download page: https://www.djangoproject.com/download/
+.. _internal-release-cadence:
+
Release cadence
===============
diff --git a/docs/releases/2.0.txt b/docs/releases/2.0.txt
index c744320917..fdb1d80962 100644
--- a/docs/releases/2.0.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/2.0.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ want to be aware of when upgrading from Django 1.11 or earlier. We've
their deprecation cycle, and we've :ref:`begun the deprecation process for some
features <deprecated-features-2.0>`.
+This release starts Django's use of a :ref:`loose form of semantic versioning
+<internal-release-cadence>`, however, there aren't any major backwards
+incompatible changes that might be expected of a 2.0 release. Upgrading should
+be a similar amount of effort as past feature releases.
+
See the :doc:`/howto/upgrade-version` guide if you're updating an existing
project.