============================================= Django 1.11 release notes - UNDER DEVELOPMENT ============================================= Welcome to Django 1.11! These release notes cover the `new features`_, as well as some `backwards incompatible changes`_ you'll want to be aware of when upgrading from Django 1.10 or older versions. We've `begun the deprecation process for some features`_. .. _`new features`: `What's new in Django 1.11`_ .. _`backwards incompatible changes`: `Backwards incompatible changes in 1.11`_ .. _`begun the deprecation process for some features`: `Features deprecated in 1.11`_ Django 1.11 is designated as a :term:`long-term support release`. It will receive security updates for at least three years after its release. Support for the previous LTS, Django 1.8, will end 6 months after the release date of Django 1.11. Python compatibility ==================== Like Django 1.10, Django 1.11 requires Python 2.7, 3.4, or 3.5. We **highly recommend** and only officially support the latest release of each series. The Django 1.11.x series is the last to support Python 2. The next major release, Django 2.0, will only support Python 3.5+. What's new in Django 1.11 ========================= Minor features -------------- :mod:`django.contrib.admin` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... :mod:`django.contrib.admindocs` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... :mod:`django.contrib.auth` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * The default iteration count for the PBKDF2 password hasher is increased by 20%. :mod:`django.contrib.contenttypes` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... :mod:`django.contrib.gis` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... :mod:`django.contrib.messages` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... :mod:`django.contrib.postgres` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... :mod:`django.contrib.redirects` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... :mod:`django.contrib.sessions` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... :mod:`django.contrib.sitemaps` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... :mod:`django.contrib.sites` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... :mod:`django.contrib.staticfiles` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... :mod:`django.contrib.syndication` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... Cache ~~~~~ * ... CSRF ~~~~ * ... Database backends ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... Email ~~~~~ * ... File Storage ~~~~~~~~~~~~ * To make it wrappable by :class:`io.TextIOWrapper`, :class:`~django.core.files.File` now has the ``readable()``, ``writable()``, and ``seekable()`` methods. File Uploads ~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... Forms ~~~~~ * ... Generic Views ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... Internationalization ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... Management Commands ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... Migrations ~~~~~~~~~~ * ... Models ~~~~~~ * ... Requests and Responses ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... Serialization ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... Signals ~~~~~~~ * ... Templates ~~~~~~~~~ * ... Tests ~~~~~ * ... URLs ~~~~ * ... Validators ~~~~~~~~~~ * ... Backwards incompatible changes in 1.11 ====================================== Database backend API -------------------- * ... Dropped support for PostgreSQL 9.2 and PostGIS 2.0 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Upstream support for PostgreSQL 9.2 ends in September 2017. As a consequence, Django 1.11 sets PostgreSQL 9.3 as the minimum version it officially supports. Support for PostGIS 2.0 is also removed as PostgreSQL 9.2 is the last version to support it. Miscellaneous ------------- * If no items in the feed have a ``pubdate`` or ``updateddate`` attribute, :meth:`SyndicationFeed.latest_post_date() ` now returns the current UTC date/time, instead of a datetime without any timezone information. * Support for SpatiaLite < 4.0 is dropped. .. _deprecated-features-1.11: Features deprecated in 1.11 =========================== Miscellaneous ------------- * ...