[jmoiron]

I've been watching this pretty closely; the multi-db in 1.2 alone makes it worth the upgrade. It's about a 20 line backend router to get round-robin RODB usage, which is very welcome for sites under high read loads.

A lot of systems have been redone to take custom XBackend classes (like the CacheBackend before it, EmailBackend and others are now available), and in my experience this is a good level of access for customizing parts of Django.

Lots of applications aimed at Django are already 1.2 compatible. They've really spent a long time (a few months after freeze) making sure this release is going to be solid, so I have high hopes.