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Added 'New in Django development version' to changes in docs/authentication.txt from [5771] 

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@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ custom methods:
should prefer using ``is_authenticated()`` to this method.
* ``is_authenticated()`` -- Always returns ``True``. This is a way to
tell if the user has been authenticated. This does not imply any
tell if the user has been authenticated. This does not imply any
permissions, and doesn't check if the user is active - it only indicates
that the user has provided a valid username and password.
@ -114,16 +114,17 @@ custom methods:
string is the correct password for the user. (This takes care of the
password hashing in making the comparison.)
* ``set_unusable_password()`` -- Marks the user as having no password set.
This isn't the same as having a blank string for a password.
``check_password()`` for this user will never return ``True``. Doesn't
save the ``User`` object.
You may need this if authentication for your application takes place
* ``set_unusable_password()`` -- **New in Django development version.**
Marks the user as having no password set. This isn't the same as having
a blank string for a password. ``check_password()`` for this user will
never return ``True``. Doesn't save the ``User`` object.
You may need this if authentication for your application takes place
against an existing external source such as an LDAP directory.
* ``has_usable_password()`` -- Returns ``False`` if
``set_unusable_password()`` has been called for this user.
* ``has_usable_password()`` -- **New in Django development version.**
Returns ``False`` if ``set_unusable_password()`` has been called for this
user.
* ``get_group_permissions()`` -- Returns a list of permission strings that
the user has, through his/her groups.
@ -137,7 +138,7 @@ custom methods:
* ``has_perms(perm_list)`` -- Returns ``True`` if the user has each of the
specified permissions, where each perm is in the format
``"package.codename"``. If the user is inactive, this method will
``"package.codename"``. If the user is inactive, this method will
always return ``False``.
* ``has_module_perms(package_name)`` -- Returns ``True`` if the user has
@ -163,10 +164,10 @@ Manager functions
The ``User`` model has a custom manager that has the following helper functions:
* ``create_user(username, email, password=None)`` -- Creates, saves and
* ``create_user(username, email, password=None)`` -- Creates, saves and
returns a ``User``. The ``username``, ``email`` and ``password`` are set
as given, and the ``User`` gets ``is_active=True``.
If no password is provided, ``set_unusable_password()`` will be called.
See _`Creating users` for example usage.