Fixed #23625 -- Removed CacheClass shim

django/core/cache/backends/db.py

@@ -200,8 +200,3 @@ class DatabaseCache(BaseDatabaseCache):
         table = connections[db].ops.quote_name(self._table)
         with connections[db].cursor() as cursor:
             cursor.execute('DELETE FROM %s' % table)
-
-
-# For backwards compatibility
-class CacheClass(DatabaseCache):
-    pass

django/core/cache/backends/dummy.py

@@ -41,8 +41,3 @@ class DummyCache(BaseCache):
 
     def clear(self):
         pass
-
-
-# For backwards compatibility
-class CacheClass(DummyCache):
-    pass

django/core/cache/backends/filebased.py

@@ -150,8 +150,3 @@ class FileBasedCache(BaseCache):
         filelist = [os.path.join(self._dir, fname) for fname
                     in glob.glob1(self._dir, '*%s' % self.cache_suffix)]
         return filelist
-
-
-# For backwards compatibility
-class CacheClass(FileBasedCache):
-    pass

django/core/cache/backends/locmem.py

@@ -127,8 +127,3 @@ class LocMemCache(BaseCache):
     def clear(self):
         self._cache.clear()
         self._expire_info.clear()
-
-
-# For backwards compatibility
-class CacheClass(LocMemCache):
-    pass

docs/releases/1.8.txt

@@ -615,6 +615,12 @@ Miscellaneous
 * GIS-specific lookups have been refactored to use the
   :class:`django.db.models.Lookup` API.
 
+* The ``CacheClass`` shim has been removed from all cache backends.
+  These aliases were provided for backwards compatibility with Django 1.3.
+  If you are still using them, please update your project to use the real
+  class name found in the :setting:`BACKEND <CACHES-BACKEND>` key of the
+  :setting:`CACHES` setting.
+
 .. _deprecated-features-1.8:
 
 Features deprecated in 1.8