Django 0.96.5 released

The recent security-oriented releases of Django included what was intended to be the final supported release in the Django 0.96 series. However, an issue was discovered with the patch applied to the 0.96 release branch; a portion of the updated code was not correctly applied, and as a result the runserver command no longer functioned at all.

To remedy this, tonight we have issued Django 0.96.5, which includes the full corrected code. The relevant changesets in the 0.96 release branch are:

The following download is also available:

Django 0.96.5: package | checksums

All users of Django 0.96 are encouraged to upgrade, but are warned that this is the final release which will be issued in the Django 0.96 series, and official support for Django 0.96 is now ended.