Django-filter 0.5 released!

I've just tagged and uploaded Django-filter 0.5 to PyPi. The biggest change this release brings is that the package name has been changed from `filter` to `django_filters` in order to avoid conflicts with the Python builtin `filter`. Other changes included the addition of an `initial` argument on Filters, as well as the addition of an `AllValuesFilter` which is a `ChoiceFilter` who's choices are any values currently in the DB for that field. Despite the change in package name I will not be changing the name of the project due to the overhead in moving the repository (Github doesn't set up redirects when you change a project's name) and the PyPi package. I hope everyone enjoys this new release, as a lot of it's improvements have come out of my usage on Django-filter in piano-man.

As for what the future holds several people have indicated their interest in the inclusion of django-filter in Django itself as a contrib package, and for usage in the Admin as a new implementation of the `list_filter` option that is more flexible. Because of this my next work is probably going to be on implementing a custom `ModelAdmin` class that uses `FilterSets` for filtering.

You can find the latest release on PyPi and Github.

Ajax Validation Aministrivia

Small administrative note, now that Github has it's own issue tracker users wishing to report issues with django-ajax-validation can now do so on Github, instead of the old Google Code page. Django-filter users can also report issues on its Github page, in place of the former system of "message or email me", which, though functional, wasn't very convenient.

Announcing django-filter

Django-filter is a reusable Django application I have been working on for a few weeks, individuals who follow me on Github may have noticed me working on it. Django-filter is basically an application that creates a generic interface for creating pages like the Django admin changelist page. It has support for defining vairous filters(including custom ones), filtering a queryset based on the user selections, and displaying an HTML form for the filter options. It has a design based around Django's ModelForm.

You can get the code, as well as tests and docs over at Github. For all bug reports, comments, and other feedback you can send me a message on Github(or message me on IRC) until I figure out a proper bug tracking system.

Enjoy.