[WD-42]

I'm sorry, but this is just programming. You have two choices: 1. Never upgrade and keep everything stable but go through hell when you inevitably must update something or 2: keep up with the latest and go through some minor pain with every release.

It's a lot like taking care of a house or car.

The world does not stand still, much less programming frameworks.

[zelphirkalt]

Hmmm, with well chosen, thought through abstractions, which only presume the minimum they need to presume about their usage, the frequent changes you describe are not a given.

The question is, what it is, what frequently needs to change and why no appropriate abstraction has been found to reach stability.

[WD-42]

We're talking about a huge web framework here. Your comment might apply to small isolated pieces of code. But Django is built on top of thousands if not millions of abstractions. It's absolutely unreasonable to think that it won't change.