The dedication to Malcolm Tredinnick was a very nice thing for the Django team to do. I didn't know of Malcolm or his passing before reading the release notes, but he seemed like a wonderful person who will be missed by many. Very sad that somebody like that is no longer with us. Reading his tweets I get the sense he was a really cool guy.
Really nice piece about Malcolm from his former boss: https://plus.google.com/+errazudinishak/posts/6j6iAMhNfnb
Congrats to the Django team on releasing 1.6, I'm looking forward to upgrading soon!