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@@ -13,18 +13,23 @@ Migration plan
-- i.e., it's not available in the Django 0.95 release. For the next Django
release, our plan is to do the following:
- * Move the current ``django.forms`` to ``django.oldforms``. This will allow
- for an eased migration of form code. You'll just have to change your
- import statements::
+ * As of revision [4208], we've copied the current ``django.forms`` to
+ ``django.oldforms``. This allows you to upgrade your code *now* rather
+ than waiting for the backwards-incompatible change and rushing to fix
+ your code after the fact. Just change your import statements like this::
from django import forms # old
from django import oldforms as forms # new
- * Move the current ``django.newforms`` to ``django.forms``.
+ * At an undecided future date, we will move the current ``django.newforms``
+ to ``django.forms``. This will be a backwards-incompatible change, and
+ anybody who is still using the old version of ``django.forms`` at that
+ time will need to change their import statements, as described in the
+ previous bullet.
* We will remove ``django.oldforms`` in the release *after* the next Django
release -- the release that comes after the release in which we're
- creating ``django.oldforms``.
+ creating the new ``django.forms``.
With this in mind, we recommend you use the following import statement when
using ``django.newforms``::