I'm thrilled about this particular release, because it includes a significant ov...

I'm thrilled about this particular release, because it includes a significant overhaul of the way joins are built (or rather, trimmed) in the ORM and almost certainly makes your project faster if you do even relatively complex queries:

The original bug: https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/10790

Got even worse in 1.4 https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/18785

Thanks Anssi!