Django Fellow Report - Jacob - 2025

Django Internals
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Week ending 2025-10-19 (Week 42)

I helped land two major 6.1 features this week: model field fetching modes, and database-level delete options. I also advanced some reviews for Djangonaut Space participants :rocket:

Triaged
https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/36652 accepted
#23517 (Collect static files in parallel) – Django someday/maybe
https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/36653 accepted
#36664 (Python 3.15 compatibility.) – Django accepted
https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/36668 invalid
#36669 (Document `Negative indexing is not supported` for slicing F() expressions) – Django accepted
https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/36667 accepted
https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/36656 accepted
Reviewed
Fixed #34417 -- Avoided recreating foreign key constraints while dropping index. by DevilsAutumn · Pull Request #18116 · django/django · GitHub
https://github.com/django/django/pull/19884
https://github.com/django/django/pull/19906
https://github.com/django/django/pull/19492
Converted all relative imports to in-package absolute ones in ./django. by lyova24 · Pull Request #19707 · django/django · GitHub
Refs #31223 -- Added __class_getitem__() to SetPasswordMixin. by UnknownPlatypus · Pull Request #19638 · django/django · GitHub
Fixed #36654 -- Corrected Model._do_update()'s docstring. by AugustoPontes1 · Pull Request #19949 · django/django · GitHub
Deleted release artifact files when they're cleared in admin by bmispelon · Pull Request #2021 · django/djangoproject.com · GitHub
Fixed #36659 -- Fixed incorrect selector in admin forms.css by bmispelon · Pull Request #19958 · django/django · GitHub
https://github.com/django/django/pull/17554
Fixed #36665 -- Improved manager usage guidance in optimization docs by segnimekonnen7 · Pull Request #19962 · django/django · GitHub
Fixed #31506 -- Documented DateField and timedelta behavior with ExpressionWrapper. by forwardyoung · Pull Request #19947 · django/django · GitHub
#21961 (Add support for database-level cascading options) – Django
https://github.com/django/django/pull/19925
Fixed parameter names in "New contributor" GitHub action. by felixxm · Pull Request #19965 · django/django · GitHub
Provide release checklist links in the admin and on the main site. by nessita · Pull Request #22 · nessita/checklist-generator · GitHub
Fixed #36669 -- Documented no negative indexing in F() expression slices by aj2s · Pull Request #19969 · django/django · GitHub
Refs #35844 -- Doc'd Python 3.14 compatibility. by felixxm · Pull Request #19964 · django/django · GitHub
https://github.com/django/django/pull/19519
https://github.com/django/django/pull/19529
Fixed #36656 -- Avoided truncating async streaming responses in GZipMiddleware. by adamchainz · Pull Request #19943 · django/django · GitHub
https://github.com/django/django/pull/19919
Fixed #35095 -- Cleaned up discrepancy in Swiss number formatting documentation. by annalauraw · Pull Request #19933 · django/django · GitHub
Authored
Pinned "New contributor" GitHub action to v1. by jacobtylerwalls · Pull Request #19950 · django/django · GitHub
Removed setuptools from contributor docs and GitHub actions. by jacobtylerwalls · Pull Request #19953 · django/django · GitHub
Fixed #36648, Refs #33772 -- Accounted for composite pks in first()/last() when aggregating. by jacobtylerwalls · Pull Request #19955 · django/django · GitHub
Bumped minimum MySQL version to 8.4. by jacobtylerwalls · Pull Request #62 · django/django-docker-box · GitHub
#36666 (Drop support for MySQL 8.0) – Django
Refs #36648 -- Removed hardcoded pk in CompositePKAggregateTests. by jacobtylerwalls · Pull Request #19966 · django/django · GitHub
Bumped isort to 7.0.0. by jacobtylerwalls · Pull Request #19968 · django/django · GitHub
Discussed
#36293 (GZipMiddleware buffers streaming responses) – Django
Misc
Monthly ops meeting
Fellows sync
Engaged in security reports
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