v0.7.1 - 2026-01-07

Fixed

• Corrected minimum Python version support to Python 3.10

v0.7.0 - 2025-12-31

Moved from django-cities to Django-cities-xtd due to publishing limitations on Django-cities. But is a drop-in replacement for django-cities. Major refactor, cleanup and modernization of the codebase.

Added

• Added Django 6.0 compatibility
• Added Docker-based testing infrastructure with support for multiple Python and Django versions
• Added MySQL testing support
• Added swappable models support for Country model
• Added comprehensive refactoring of importer system with modular architecture
• Added new services: downloader, parser, validator, and index_builder
• Added BigAutoField migration for Django 3.2+ compatibility
• Added pre-commit hooks configuration
• Added improved postal code import handling
• Added constants extraction for better code organization

Changed

• Major performance improvements and refactoring
• Refactored importer into separate modules (alt_name, base, city, country, district, postal_code, region, subregion)
• Improved file download optimization
• Updated to use pyproject.toml for build configuration
• Updated code formatting with ruff
• Improved unicode string ordering
• Enhanced documentation

Removed

• Removed support for Django 1.x, 2.x, 3.x and very old versions of Python
• Removed Python 2 support (already removed in v0.6)
• Removed Python 3.3-3.5 support (already removed in v0.6)
• Removed Travis CI configuration (replaced with Docker-based testing)