[collinmanderson]

Some things to do that could help everyone (this is what I do):

If documented stuff changes, Please report it (though that likely means testing against the alpha / beta versions (or just master). Keep Django honest.

If you find yourself using undocumented features, consider documenting them; that way they’re held to backward compatibility.

Also, follow the development of Django and comment on the intentional breaks if you think they’re not worth changing.

Disclaimer: Core dev now, though I had this attitude before that too.

[jordigh]

> Also, follow the development of Django and comment on the intentional breaks if you think they’re not worth changing.

I really don't want to be sucked into Django's drama:

https://us.pycon.org/2015/schedule/presentation/381/

I've encountered very little sympathy from Django developers. Everyone seems to have just accepted that it breaks often and it's totally my fault for not keeping up with the breaking changes. Everyone seems to think that Django breaking compatibility all over the place is good, proper, acceptable, and inevitable. Nothing is sacred, anything can break, and make sure you go through that list each release to see what you have to change in your code.

This makes me sad and frustrated.

http://stevelosh.com/blog/2012/04/volatile-software/

[collinmanderson]

I hear you, and I've heard others say the same.

I think it would help if you bring it up on the Django-developers mailing list, if you haven't yet. I think that would help raise awareness about the issue, and I hope it would lead to some policy changes.