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DJANGO COMMONS JOINS ECOSYSTEM, BRAZIL CNPJ VALIDATOR GOES ALPHANUMERIC
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The Django community officially expanded its affiliated programs list while localflavor shipped a proactive validator update to support Brazil's new alphanumeric CNPJ format arriving in mid-2026.
Django Commons is now part of the official affiliated programs [1][2], marking a structural expansion of the project's governance orbit. The code-of-conduct repo updated membership records [4] to reflect these changes, with the dsf-working-groups repo synchronizing role updates including Natalia Bidart's promotion to Vice-chair [5]. On the library front, django-localflavor shipped a forward-looking validator update [3] that now accepts the new Brazilian CNPJ alphanumeric format, which becomes officially required in July 2026. The update is backward compatible, meaning developers can merge it immediately without breaking existing numeric-only implementations. The change flattens the migration curve for Brazilian-facing applications by eliminating a future update scramble.
Action items
- โ Review Django Commons affiliation and update your project documentation if applicable django/code-of-conduct [plan]
- โ Upgrade django-localflavor to latest to support Brazilian alphanumeric CNPJ before July 2026 django/django-localflavor [plan]
- โ Monitor dsf-working-groups for updated governance roles in your working group django/dsf-working-groups [monitor]
References
- [1] Merge pull request #108 from django/affiliates/django-commons django/code-of-conduct
- [2] Add Django Commons to the affiliated programs โ django/code-of-conduct
- [3] Update validator to allow new Brazilian CNPJ alphanumeric format โ django/django-localflavor
- [4] Update membership list โ django/code-of-conduct
- [5] Update Natalia Bidart's role to Vice-chair django/dsf-working-groups