[PATCH v2 0/4] Remove support for Django 1.6

[Finucane, Stephen]

> On Mon, Nov 09, 2015 at 05:20:00PM +0000, Finucane, Stephen wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Just to throw another datapoint at folks.  RHEL-7 has this notion of
> > > software collections.  It allows customers to update a collection tools
> to
> > > a
> > > newer version (RH supported) in the /opt area.  Then using a script
> (which
> > > sets env variables), a program can easily use python3 and postgres9.2
> on
> > > RHEL-7.
> > >
> > > You can read about it here:
> > >
> > > https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/rhscl
> > >
> > > and talk with your RH account manager about more of the details.
> > >
> > > You would still need to pip install Django, but at least you could get
> a
> > > newer supported python and postgres on RHEL-7.  Not sure how much it
> helps.
> > > Again it was just another datapoint.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Don
> >
> > Hey Don,
> >
> > I notice Rails is listed as a package there. What's the possibility of
> getting
> > Django added? Nigh-on non-existent? To say Django is widespread would be
> an
> > understatement. I'd envision quite a few users for this package.
> 
> Hi Stephen,
> 
> First we would have to find a sucker^D^D^Dmaintainer of the package. :-)  I
> usually deal with kernel issues and not to much for userspace packages.  I
> can poke around but I don't expect much positive feedback..

Care to direct me to information on this process? I may be willing to undertake
this, presuming I am capable of doing so and the requirements are not too
onerous.

Stephen