Django downgrade 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 should downgrade my current project from 1.9 to 1.8. What would be the best course of action for achieving that?

Answer 1

To downgrade Django to the most recent release in the version 1.8 series:

pip install "Django~=1.8.0"

This ~= syntax means to install the latest point release that is backwards-compatible with 1.8. At the time of writing, that's v1.8.18 , however should a v1.8.19 be released at a later date the command shown above would select it instead.

For a list of what has been deprecated in 1.9, you should review the release notes here:

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