DEP 20 accepted: Django moves to an annual release cycle in January 2028. What changes

Django 1.4.x

Support ended 2015-10-01

This series of Django releases was supported from 2012-03-23 to 2015-10-01.

Release Highlights

  • Django 1.4 was a long-term support release. Extended support ended 2015-10-01.
  • Last version to support Python 2.5
  • Added support for timezones
  • Added ability to do SELECT FOR UPDATE and bulk_create()
  • Added prefetch_related()
  • Added distinct() to the Django ORM
  • Vastly improved password hashing was added
  • Admin list filters
  • Cookie based sessions
  • Support for in-browser testing frameworks like Selenium

Supported Python Versions

  • Python 2.5
  • Python 2.6
  • Python 2.7

Release Type

Released Versions

Version Release Date Release Type Blog Post Release Notes GitHub
1.4.22 2015-08-18
SECURITY
Blog Post Release Notes GitHub
1.4.21 2015-07-08
SECURITY
Blog Post Release Notes GitHub
1.4.20 2015-03-18
SECURITY
Blog Post Release Notes GitHub
1.4.19 2015-01-27
BUGFIX
Blog Post Release Notes GitHub
1.4.18 2015-01-13
SECURITY
Blog Post Release Notes GitHub
1.4.17 2015-01-02
BUGFIX
Blog Post Release Notes GitHub
1.4.16 2014-10-22
BUGFIX
Blog Post Release Notes GitHub
1.4.15 2014-09-02
BUGFIX
Release Notes GitHub
1.4.14 2014-08-20
SECURITY
Blog Post Release Notes GitHub
1.4.13 2014-05-14
SECURITY
Blog Post Release Notes GitHub
1.4.12 2014-04-28
BUGFIX
Blog Post Release Notes GitHub
1.4.11 2014-04-21
SECURITY
Blog Post Release Notes GitHub
1.4.10 2013-11-06
BUGFIX
Release Notes GitHub
1.4.9 2013-10-24
BUGFIX
Blog Post Release Notes GitHub
1.4.8 2013-09-15
SECURITY
Blog Post Release Notes GitHub
1.4.7 2013-09-10
SECURITY
Blog Post Release Notes GitHub
1.4.6 2013-08-13
SECURITY
Blog Post Release Notes GitHub
1.4.5 2013-02-20
BUGFIX
Blog Post Release Notes GitHub
1.4.4 2013-02-19
SECURITY
Blog Post Release Notes GitHub
1.4.3 2012-12-10
SECURITY
Blog Post Release Notes GitHub
1.4.2 2012-10-17
SECURITY
Blog Post Release Notes GitHub
1.4.1 2012-07-30
SECURITY
Blog Post Release Notes GitHub
1.4 2012-03-23
RELEASE
Blog Post Release Notes GitHub

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