[[!meta title="Django on scripts.mit.edu updated to 1.0 and made default"]]
We’ve updated the Django Python package on scripts to the   
recently-released 1.0 final version, as part of a standard Fedora
package   
update. We will be releasing an auto-installer soon, although you
can   
manually set up Django with the django-admin.py command and the
sample   
FastCGI wrapper on the Django web site.

If you’re currently using a Django 0.96 site, you can keep Django
sites in   
your locker at version 0.96 by adding the following lines to the
top of   
your FastCGI wrapper and manage.py, before any import statements
referencing “django”:

    __requires__='Django<1.0'
    import pkg_resources
    pkg_resources.require('Django<1.0')




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If this does not work for you, you can try running the following
Athena commands, where LOCKER is the locker with an old Django
install:

    attach LOCKER
    mkdir -p /mit/LOCKER/lib/python2.5/site-packages
    cd /mit/LOCKER/lib/python2.5/site-packages
    fs sa . daemon.scripts read
    echo 'import sys; sys.path.insert(0, "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Django-0.96_None-py2.5.egg")' > 00django-path.pth

This will make the Django 0.96 package take precedence for all
sites in your locker. You can delete the 00django-path.pth file
when you’re ready to upgrade to 1.0.

We will keep Django 0.96 available until at least the end of fall
term.