Django dropped from 1.9 to 1.8

Question

I am trying to use a Django package that is only compatible with Django 1.8, so I think I need to downgrade the current project from 1.9 to 1.8. What would be the best course to achieve this?

Answer 1

To downgrade Django to the latest version in version 1.8 of the series:

pip install "Django~=1.8.0"

This syntax ~ = means installing the latest version of the point version, which is backward compatible with 1.8. During recording, this one v1.8.18, however, must be released v1.8.19later, then the command shown above will select it.

For a list of what is deprecated in 1.9, you should read the release notes here:

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.10/releases/1.9/