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I was able to find a solution. When downgrading to 0.9 series, I used pip install 'askbot==0.9.1' instead of pip install 'askbot==0.9', which I was using before. Installing version 0.9.1 removed pytz2013b0 problem, and version 0.9.1 also worked with my current database. So the key here was to say explicitly 0.9.1 when downgrading askbot.

Here are all the steps I did:

• Make sure my Django version was at least 1.5 or 1.6:

  pip uninstall django
  pip install 'django<1.7'
  

• Upgrade askbot to the latest version of 0.8 series:

  pip uninstall askbot
  pip install 'askbot<0.9'
  

• Modify the settings.py file. Directions were given when I ran the database migrations. The database migrations:

  python manage.py migrate
  

• Upgrade Askbot again to 0.9.1

  pip uninstall askbot
  pip install 'askbot==0.9.1'
  

• Modify settings.py and finally run the database migration:

  python manage.py migrate
  

Now I have Askbot 0.9.1 running on Django 1.7. Please note that I decided to stay with 0.9.1 instead of going to 0.10.1.

Note: Just to follow up. Based on @Evgeny's answer above, I followed the instructions from https://github.com/ASKBOT/askbot-deve... and was able to upgrade to 0.10.2 with no problems.

Here is what I did:

    virtualenv env --no-site-packages
    source env/bin/activate
    pip install 'askbot<0.11'
    askbot-setup #answer questions - use the same database as before
    python manage.py migrate --fake-initial --noinput
    python manage.py collectstatic --noinput

I have been trying to follow the instructions from the upgrade page on askbot website.

Everything worked fine until the last step. When I upgraded from 0.8.1 to the next version. pip install askbot<1.0 installed version 0.10.1 and Django 1.8.17. But my database wasn't ready for Django 1.8. It was giving me the following error:

System check identified 2 issues (0 silenced).
There is no South database module 'south.db.postgresql_psycopg2' for your database. Please either choose a supported database, check for SOUTH_DATABASE_ADAPTER[S] settings, or remove South from INSTALLED_APPS.

I tried to downgrade askbot to 0.9 and Django to 1.7. Then the problem was pytz2013b0 was installed and the self check test says pytz2013b was required. But I couldn't install pytz2013b.

Any suggestions how to move forward?

Thanks.