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Steering Council Vote: Should Django Integrate Background Tasks DEP 14 for Background Workers?
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Jake Howard (@theorangeone) has proposed a draft DEP to add Background Workers and Tasks directly into Django, eliminating the long-term need for external tools like Celery to handle tasks outside the request-response cycle.
This proposal is detailed in the DEP pull request here:
https://github.com/django/deps/pull/86
Background workers
django:main ← RealOrangeOne:background-workers
Opened 12:09PM - 09 Feb 24 UTC
This initiative aims to provide a background worker interface to help developers and library maintainers move tasks from their web processes to dedicated background runners. Originally started in Wagtail as RFC 72, it was adapted to a DEP for Django following suggestions from @carltongibson. More complete code examples are available in this reference implementation.
Given the significant discussion already taking place, it is now essential for the Steering Council to vote. The core interfaces are scheduled for completion by DjangoCon Europe in the first week of June, which makes timely voting on this proposal crucial.
The voting question is:
Shall the Django project accept and begin implementation of the Background Tasks DEP 14?
Steering Council members are encouraged to review the draft PR (the rendered version) and vote accordingly.
If there are any comments or questions, please reach out to Jake via Twitter or Mastodon to keep the discussion focused and manageable.
Thanks.
Kind regards,
Carlton.
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Django Background Workers Proposal
Jake Howard (@theorangeone) has proposed a draft Django Enhancement Proposal (DEP 14) to integrate Background Workers and Tasks directly into Django's core functionality. This initiative aims to eliminate the long-term need for external tools like Celery for handling tasks outside the request-response cycle.
Key Details
- The proposal is available in GitHub PR #86
- A rendered version of the draft is available here
- A reference implementation can be found at django-core-tasks
Background
The initiative originally started in the Wagtail CMS project as RFC 72 and was later adapted as a Django Enhancement Proposal following suggestions from Carlton Gibson. The proposal aims to provide a standardized interface for developers and library maintainers to move tasks from web processes to dedicated background runners.
Timeline
The core interfaces are scheduled for completion by DjangoCon Europe in early June, making timely voting on this proposal crucial. The Steering Council is currently reviewing the proposal to vote on whether Django should "accept and begin implementation of the Background Tasks DEP 14."
If you have questions or comments about the proposal, Jake Howard can be reached via Twitter or Mastodon.
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