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Django 1.7 release notes - UNDER DEVELOPMENT
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============================================
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Welcome to Django 1.7!
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These release notes cover the `new features`_, as well as some `backwards
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incompatible changes`_ you'll want to be aware of when upgrading from Django
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1.6 or older versions. We've also dropped some features, which are detailed in
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:ref:`our deprecation plan <deprecation-removed-in-1.7>`, and we've `begun the
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deprecation process for some features`_.
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.. _`new features`: `What's new in Django 1.7`_
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.. _`backwards incompatible changes`: `Backwards incompatible changes in 1.7`_
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.. _`begun the deprecation process for some features`: `Features deprecated in 1.7`_
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Python compatibility
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====================
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Django 1.7 requires Python 2.7 or above, though we **highly recommend**
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the latest minor release. Support for Python 2.6 has been dropped and support
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for Python 3.4 has been added.
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This change should affect only a small number of Django users, as most
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operating-system vendors today are shipping Python 2.7 or newer as their default
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version. If you're still using Python 2.6, however, you'll need to stick to
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Django 1.6 until you can upgrade your Python version. Per :doc:`our support
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policy </internals/release-process>`, Django 1.6 will continue to receive
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security support until the release of Django 1.8.
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What's new in Django 1.7
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========================
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Schema migrations
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Django now has built-in support for schema migrations. It allows models
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to be updated, changed, and deleted by creating migration files that represent
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the model changes and which can be run on any development, staging or production
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database.
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Migrations are covered in :doc:`their own documentation</topics/migrations>`,
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but a few of the key features are:
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* ``syncdb`` has been deprecated and replaced by ``migrate``. Don't worry -
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calls to ``syncdb`` will still work as before.
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* A new ``makemigrations`` command provides an easy way to autodetect changes
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to your models and make migrations for them.
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:data:`~django.db.models.signals.pre_syncdb` and
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:data:`~django.db.models.signals.post_syncdb` have been replaced by
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:data:`~django.db.models.signals.pre_migrate` and
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:data:`~django.db.models.signals.post_migrate` respectively. These new
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signals have slightly different arguments. Check the documentation for
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details.
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* The ``allow_syncdb`` method on database routers is now called ``allow_migrate``,
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but still performs the same function. Routers with ``allow_syncdb`` methods
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will still work, but that method name is deprecated and you should change
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it as soon as possible (nothing more than renaming is required).
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* ``initial_data`` fixtures are no longer loaded for apps with migrations; if
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you want to load initial data for an app, we suggest you do it in a migration.
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* Test rollback behavior is different for apps with migrations; in particular,
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Django will no longer emulate rollbacks on non-transactional databases or
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inside ``TransactionTestCase`` :ref:`unless specifically requested
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<test-case-serialized-rollback>`.
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* It is not advised to have apps without migrations depend on (have a
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:ref:`ForeignKey <ref-foreignkey>` or :ref:`ManyToManyField <ref-manytomany>` to) apps with migrations. Read the
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:ref:`dependencies documentation <unmigrated-dependencies>` for more.
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* If you are upgrading from South, see our :ref:`upgrading-from-south`
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documentation, and third-party app authors should read the
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`South 1.0 release notes <http://south.readthedocs.org/en/latest/releasenotes/1.0.html#library-migration-path>`_
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for details on how to support South and Django migrations simultaneously.
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.. _app-loading-refactor-17-release-note:
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App-loading refactor
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Historically, Django applications were tightly linked to models. A singleton
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known as the "app cache" dealt with both installed applications and models.
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The models module was used as an identifier for applications in many APIs.
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As the concept of :doc:`Django applications </ref/applications>` matured, this
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code showed some shortcomings. It has been refactored into an "app registry"
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where models modules no longer have a central role and where it's possible to
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attach configuration data to applications.
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Improvements thus far include:
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* Applications can run code at startup, before Django does anything else, with
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the :meth:`~django.apps.AppConfig.ready` method of their configuration.
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* Application labels are assigned correctly to models even when they're
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defined outside of ``models.py``. You don't have to set
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:attr:`~django.db.models.Options.app_label` explicitly any more.
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* It is possible to omit ``models.py`` entirely if an application doesn't
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have any models.
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* Applications can be relabeled with the :attr:`~django.apps.AppConfig.label`
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attribute of application configurations, to work around label conflicts.
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* The name of applications can be customized in the admin with the
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:attr:`~django.apps.AppConfig.verbose_name` of application configurations.
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* The admin automatically calls :func:`~django.contrib.admin.autodiscover()`
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when Django starts. You can consequently remove this line from your
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URLconf.
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* Django imports all application configurations and models as soon as it
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starts, through a deterministic and straightforward process. This should
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make it easier to diagnose import issues such as import loops.
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New method on Field subclasses
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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To help power both schema migrations and composite keys, the :class:`~django.db.models.Field` API now
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has a new required method: ``deconstruct()``.
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This method takes no arguments, and returns a tuple of four items:
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* ``name``: The field's attribute name on its parent model, or None if it is not part of a model
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* ``path``: A dotted, Python path to the class of this field, including the class name.
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* ``args``: Positional arguments, as a list
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* ``kwargs``: Keyword arguments, as a dict
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These four values allow any field to be serialized into a file, as well as
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allowing the field to be copied safely, both essential parts of these new features.
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This change should not affect you unless you write custom Field subclasses;
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if you do, you may need to reimplement the ``deconstruct()`` method if your
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subclass changes the method signature of ``__init__`` in any way. If your
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field just inherits from a built-in Django field and doesn't override ``__init__``,
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no changes are necessary.
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If you do need to override ``deconstruct()``, a good place to start is the
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built-in Django fields (``django/db/models/fields/__init__.py``) as several
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fields, including ``DecimalField`` and ``DateField``, override it and show how
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to call the method on the superclass and simply add or remove extra arguments.
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This also means that all arguments to fields must themselves be serializable;
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to see what we consider serializable, and to find out how to make your own
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classes serializable, read the
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:ref:`migration serialization documentation <migration-serializing>`.
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Calling custom ``QuerySet`` methods from the ``Manager``
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Historically, the recommended way to make reusable model queries was to create
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methods on a custom ``Manager`` class. The problem with this approach was that
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after the first method call, you'd get back a ``QuerySet`` instance and
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couldn't call additional custom manager methods.
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Though not documented, it was common to work around this issue by creating a
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custom ``QuerySet`` so that custom methods could be chained; but the solution
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had a number of drawbacks:
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* The custom ``QuerySet`` and its custom methods were lost after the first
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call to ``values()`` or ``values_list()``.
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* Writing a custom ``Manager`` was still necessary to return the custom
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``QuerySet`` class and all methods that were desired on the ``Manager``
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had to be proxied to the ``QuerySet``. The whole process went against
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the DRY principle.
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The :meth:`QuerySet.as_manager() <django.db.models.query.QuerySet.as_manager>`
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class method can now directly :ref:`create Manager with QuerySet methods
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<create-manager-with-queryset-methods>`::
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class FoodQuerySet(models.QuerySet):
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def pizzas(self):
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return self.filter(kind='pizza')
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def vegetarian(self):
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return self.filter(vegetarian=True)
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class Food(models.Model):
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kind = models.CharField(max_length=50)
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vegetarian = models.BooleanField()
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objects = FoodQuerySet.as_manager()
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Food.objects.pizzas().vegetarian()
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Using a custom manager when traversing reverse relations
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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It is now possible to :ref:`specify a custom manager
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<using-custom-reverse-manager>` when traversing a reverse relationship::
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class Blog(models.Model):
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pass
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class Entry(models.Model):
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blog = models.ForeignKey(Blog)
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objects = models.Manager() # Default Manager
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entries = EntryManager() # Custom Manager
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b = Blog.objects.get(id=1)
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b.entry_set(manager='entries').all()
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New system check framework
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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We've added a new :doc:`System check framework </ref/checks>` for
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detecting common problems (like invalid models) and providing hints for
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resolving those problems. The framework is extensible so you can add your
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own checks for your own apps and libraries.
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To perform system checks, you use the :djadmin:`check` management command.
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This command replaces the older :djadmin:`validate` management command.
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New ``Prefetch`` object for advanced ``prefetch_related`` operations.
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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The new :class:`~django.db.models.Prefetch` object allows customizing
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prefetch operations.
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You can specify the ``QuerySet`` used to traverse a given relation
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or customize the storage location of prefetch results.
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This enables things like filtering prefetched relations, calling
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:meth:`~django.db.models.query.QuerySet.select_related()` from a prefetched
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relation, or prefetching the same relation multiple times with different
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querysets. See :meth:`~django.db.models.query.QuerySet.prefetch_related()`
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for more details.
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Admin shortcuts support time zones
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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The "today" and "now" shortcuts next to date and time input widgets in the
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admin are now operating in the :ref:`current time zone
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<default-current-time-zone>`. Previously, they used the browser time zone,
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which could result in saving the wrong value when it didn't match the current
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time zone on the server.
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In addition, the widgets now display a help message when the browser and
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server time zone are different, to clarify how the value inserted in the field
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will be interpreted.
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Using database cursors as context managers
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Prior to Python 2.7, database cursors could be used as a context manager. The
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specific backend's cursor defined the behavior of the context manager. The
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behavior of magic method lookups was changed with Python 2.7 and cursors were
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no longer usable as context managers.
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Django 1.7 allows a cursor to be used as a context manager that is a shortcut
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for the following, instead of backend specific behavior.
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.. code-block:: python
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c = connection.cursor()
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try:
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c.execute(...)
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finally:
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c.close()
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Custom lookups
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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It is now possible to write custom lookups and transforms for the ORM.
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Custom lookups work just like Django's inbuilt lookups (e.g. ``lte``,
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``icontains``) while transforms are a new concept.
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The :class:`django.db.models.Lookup` class provides a way to add lookup
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operators for model fields. As an example it is possible to add ``day_lte``
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operator for ``DateFields``.
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The :class:`django.db.models.Transform` class allows transformations of
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database values prior to the final lookup. For example it is possible to
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write a ``year`` transform that extracts year from the field's value.
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Transforms allow for chaining. After the ``year`` transform has been added
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to ``DateField`` it is possible to filter on the transformed value, for
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example ``qs.filter(author__birthdate__year__lte=1981)``.
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For more information about both custom lookups and transforms refer to
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:doc:`custom lookups </howto/custom-lookups>` documentation.
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Improvements to ``Form`` error handling
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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``Form.add_error()``
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Previously there were two main patterns for handling errors in forms:
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* Raising a :exc:`~django.core.exceptions.ValidationError` from within certain
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functions (e.g. ``Field.clean()``, ``Form.clean_<fieldname>()``, or
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``Form.clean()`` for non-field errors.)
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* Fiddling with ``Form._errors`` when targeting a specific field in
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``Form.clean()`` or adding errors from outside of a "clean" method
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(e.g. directly from a view).
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Using the former pattern was straightforward since the form can guess from the
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context (i.e. which method raised the exception) where the errors belong and
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automatically process them. This remains the canonical way of adding errors
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when possible. However the latter was fiddly and error-prone, since the burden
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of handling edge cases fell on the user.
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The new :meth:`~django.forms.Form.add_error()` method allows adding errors
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to specific form fields from anywhere without having to worry about the details
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such as creating instances of ``django.forms.utils.ErrorList`` or dealing with
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``Form.cleaned_data``. This new API replaces manipulating ``Form._errors``
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which now becomes a private API.
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See :ref:`validating-fields-with-clean` for an example using
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``Form.add_error()``.
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Error metadata
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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The :exc:`~django.core.exceptions.ValidationError` constructor accepts metadata
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such as error ``code`` or ``params`` which are then available for interpolating
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into the error message (see :ref:`raising-validation-error` for more details);
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however, before Django 1.7 those metadata were discarded as soon as the errors
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were added to :attr:`Form.errors <django.forms.Form.errors>`.
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:attr:`Form.errors <django.forms.Form.errors>` and
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``django.forms.utils.ErrorList`` now store the ``ValidationError`` instances
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so these metadata can be retrieved at any time through the new
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:meth:`Form.errors.as_data <django.forms.Form.errors.as_data()>` method.
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The retrieved ``ValidationError`` instances can then be identified thanks to
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their error ``code`` which enables things like rewriting the error's message
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or writing custom logic in a view when a given error is present. It can also
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be used to serialize the errors in a custom format such as XML.
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The new :meth:`Form.errors.as_json() <django.forms.Form.errors.as_json()>`
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method is a convenience method which returns error messages along with error
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codes serialized as JSON. ``as_json()`` uses ``as_data()`` and gives an idea
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of how the new system could be extended.
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Error containers and backward compatibility
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Heavy changes to the various error containers were necessary in order
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to support the features above, specifically
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:attr:`Form.errors <django.forms.Form.errors>`,
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``django.forms.utils.ErrorList``, and the internal storages of
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:exc:`~django.core.exceptions.ValidationError`. These containers which used
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to store error strings now store ``ValidationError`` instances and public APIs
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have been adapted to make this as transparent as possible, but if you've been
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using private APIs, some of the changes are backwards incompatible; see
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:ref:`validation-error-constructor-and-internal-storage` for more details.
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Minor features
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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:mod:`django.contrib.admin`
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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* You can now implement :attr:`~django.contrib.admin.AdminSite.site_header`,
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:attr:`~django.contrib.admin.AdminSite.site_title`, and
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:attr:`~django.contrib.admin.AdminSite.index_title` attributes on a custom
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:class:`~django.contrib.admin.AdminSite` in order to easily change the admin
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site's page title and header text. No more needing to override templates!
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* Buttons in :mod:`django.contrib.admin` now use the ``border-radius`` CSS
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property for rounded corners rather than GIF background images.
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* Some admin templates now have ``app-<app_name>`` and ``model-<model_name>``
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classes in their ``<body>`` tag to allow customizing the CSS per app or per
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model.
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* The admin changelist cells now have a ``field-<field_name>`` class in the
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HTML to enable style customizations.
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* The admin's search fields can now be customized per-request thanks to the new
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:meth:`django.contrib.admin.ModelAdmin.get_search_fields` method.
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* The :meth:`ModelAdmin.get_fields()
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<django.contrib.admin.ModelAdmin.get_fields>` method may be overridden to
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customize the value of :attr:`ModelAdmin.fields
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<django.contrib.admin.ModelAdmin.fields>`.
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* In addition to the existing ``admin.site.register`` syntax, you can use the
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new :func:`~django.contrib.admin.register` decorator to register a
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:class:`~django.contrib.admin.ModelAdmin`.
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* You may specify :meth:`ModelAdmin.list_display_links
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<django.contrib.admin.ModelAdmin.list_display_links>` ``= None`` to disable
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links on the change list page grid.
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* You may now specify :attr:`ModelAdmin.view_on_site
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<django.contrib.admin.ModelAdmin.view_on_site>` to control whether or not to
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display the "View on site" link.
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* You can specify a descending ordering for a :attr:`ModelAdmin.list_display
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<django.contrib.admin.ModelAdmin.list_display>` value by prefixing the
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``admin_order_field`` value with a hyphen.
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* The :meth:`ModelAdmin.get_changeform_initial_data()
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<django.contrib.admin.ModelAdmin.get_changeform_initial_data>` method may be
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overridden to define custom behavior for setting initial change form data.
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:mod:`django.contrib.auth`
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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* Any ``**kwargs`` passed to
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:meth:`~django.contrib.auth.models.User.email_user()` are passed to the
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underlying :meth:`~django.core.mail.send_mail()` call.
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* The :func:`~django.contrib.auth.decorators.permission_required` decorator can
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take a list of permissions as well as a single permission.
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* You can override the new :meth:`AuthenticationForm.confirm_login_allowed()
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<django.contrib.auth.forms.AuthenticationForm.confirm_login_allowed>` method
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to more easily customize the login policy.
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* :func:`django.contrib.auth.views.password_reset` takes an optional
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``html_email_template_name`` parameter used to send a multipart HTML email
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for password resets.
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* The :meth:`AbstractBaseUser.get_session_auth_hash()
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<django.contrib.auth.models.AbstractBaseUser.get_session_auth_hash>`
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method was added and if your :setting:`AUTH_USER_MODEL` inherits from
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:class:`~django.contrib.auth.models.AbstractBaseUser`, changing a user's
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password now invalidates old sessions if the
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:class:`~django.contrib.auth.middleware.SessionAuthenticationMiddleware` is
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enabled. See :ref:`session-invalidation-on-password-change` for more details
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including upgrade considerations when enabling this new middleware.
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:mod:`django.contrib.formtools`
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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* Calls to :meth:`WizardView.done()
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<django.contrib.formtools.wizard.views.WizardView.done>` now include a
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``form_dict`` to allow easier access to forms by their step name.
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:mod:`django.contrib.gis`
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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* The default OpenLayers library version included in widgets has been updated
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from 2.11 to 2.13.
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* Prepared geometries now also support the ``crosses``, ``disjoint``,
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``overlaps``, ``touches`` and ``within`` predicates, if GEOS 3.3 or later is
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installed.
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:mod:`django.contrib.messages`
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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* The backends for :mod:`django.contrib.messages` that use cookies, will now
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follow the :setting:`SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE` and
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:setting:`SESSION_COOKIE_HTTPONLY` settings.
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* The :ref:`messages context processor <message-displaying>` now adds a
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dictionary of default levels under the name ``DEFAULT_MESSAGE_LEVELS``.
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* :class:`~django.contrib.messages.storage.base.Message` objects now have a
|
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``level_tag`` attribute that contains the string representation of the
|
||
message level.
|
||
|
||
:mod:`django.contrib.redirects`
|
||
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|
||
|
||
* :class:`~django.contrib.redirects.middleware.RedirectFallbackMiddleware`
|
||
has two new attributes
|
||
(:attr:`~django.contrib.redirects.middleware.RedirectFallbackMiddleware.response_gone_class`
|
||
and
|
||
:attr:`~django.contrib.redirects.middleware.RedirectFallbackMiddleware.response_redirect_class`)
|
||
that specify the types of :class:`~django.http.HttpResponse` instances the
|
||
middleware returns.
|
||
|
||
:mod:`django.contrib.sessions`
|
||
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|
||
|
||
* The ``"django.contrib.sessions.backends.cached_db"`` session backend now
|
||
respects :setting:`SESSION_CACHE_ALIAS`. In previous versions, it always used
|
||
the `default` cache.
|
||
|
||
:mod:`django.contrib.sitemaps`
|
||
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|
||
|
||
* The :mod:`sitemap framework<django.contrib.sitemaps>` now makes use of
|
||
:attr:`~django.contrib.sitemaps.Sitemap.lastmod` to set a ``Last-Modified``
|
||
header in the response. This makes it possible for the
|
||
:class:`~django.middleware.http.ConditionalGetMiddleware` to handle
|
||
conditional ``GET`` requests for sitemaps which set ``lastmod``.
|
||
|
||
:mod:`django.contrib.sites`
|
||
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|
||
|
||
* The new :class:`django.contrib.sites.middleware.CurrentSiteMiddleware` allows
|
||
setting the current site on each request.
|
||
|
||
:mod:`django.contrib.staticfiles`
|
||
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|
||
|
||
* The :ref:`static files storage classes <staticfiles-storages>` may be
|
||
subclassed to override the permissions that collected static files and
|
||
directories receive by setting the
|
||
:attr:`~django.core.files.storage.FileSystemStorage.file_permissions_mode`
|
||
and :attr:`~django.core.files.storage.FileSystemStorage.directory_permissions_mode`
|
||
parameters. See :djadmin:`collectstatic` for example usage.
|
||
|
||
* The :class:`~django.contrib.staticfiles.storage.CachedStaticFilesStorage`
|
||
backend gets a sibling class called
|
||
:class:`~django.contrib.staticfiles.storage.ManifestStaticFilesStorage`
|
||
that doesn't use the cache system at all but instead a JSON file called
|
||
``staticfiles.json`` for storing the mapping between the original file name
|
||
(e.g. ``css/styles.css``) and the hashed file name (e.g.
|
||
``css/styles.55e7cbb9ba48.css``. The ``staticfiles.json`` file is created
|
||
when running the :djadmin:`collectstatic` management command and should
|
||
be a less expensive alternative for remote storages such as Amazon S3.
|
||
|
||
See the :class:`~django.contrib.staticfiles.storage.ManifestStaticFilesStorage`
|
||
docs for more information.
|
||
|
||
* :djadmin:`findstatic` now accepts verbosity flag level 2, meaning it will
|
||
show the relative paths of the directories it searched. See
|
||
:djadmin:`findstatic` for example output.
|
||
|
||
:mod:`django.contrib.syndication`
|
||
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|
||
|
||
* The :class:`~django.utils.feedgenerator.Atom1Feed` syndication feed's
|
||
``updated`` element now utilizes ``updateddate`` instead of ``pubdate``,
|
||
allowing the ``published`` element to be included in the feed (which
|
||
relies on ``pubdate``).
|
||
|
||
Cache
|
||
^^^^^
|
||
|
||
* Access to caches configured in :setting:`CACHES` is now available via
|
||
:data:`django.core.cache.caches`. This dict-like object provides a different
|
||
instance per thread. It supersedes :func:`django.core.cache.get_cache` which
|
||
is now deprecated.
|
||
|
||
* If you instantiate cache backends directly, be aware that they aren't
|
||
thread-safe any more, as :data:`django.core.cache.caches` now yields
|
||
different instances per thread.
|
||
|
||
* Defining the :setting:`TIMEOUT <CACHES-TIMEOUT>` argument of the
|
||
:setting:`CACHES` setting as ``None`` will set the cache keys as
|
||
"non-expiring" by default. Previously, it was only possible to pass
|
||
``timeout=None`` to the cache backend's ``set()`` method.
|
||
|
||
Cross Site Request Forgery
|
||
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|
||
|
||
* The :setting:`CSRF_COOKIE_AGE` setting facilitates the use of session-based
|
||
CSRF cookies.
|
||
|
||
Email
|
||
^^^^^
|
||
|
||
* :func:`~django.core.mail.send_mail` now accepts an ``html_message``
|
||
parameter for sending a multipart ``text/plain`` and ``text/html`` email.
|
||
* The SMTP :class:`~django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend` now accepts a
|
||
:attr:`~django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend.timeout` parameter.
|
||
|
||
File Storage
|
||
^^^^^^^^^^^^
|
||
|
||
* File locking on Windows previously depended on the PyWin32 package; if it
|
||
wasn't installed, file locking failed silently. That dependency has been
|
||
removed, and file locking is now implemented natively on both Windows
|
||
and Unix.
|
||
|
||
File Uploads
|
||
^^^^^^^^^^^^
|
||
|
||
* The new :attr:`UploadedFile.content_type_extra
|
||
<django.core.files.uploadedfile.UploadedFile.content_type_extra>` attribute
|
||
contains extra parameters passed to the ``content-type`` header on a file
|
||
upload.
|
||
|
||
* The new :setting:`FILE_UPLOAD_DIRECTORY_PERMISSIONS` setting controls
|
||
the file system permissions of directories created during file upload, like
|
||
:setting:`FILE_UPLOAD_PERMISSIONS` does for the files themselves.
|
||
|
||
* The :attr:`FileField.upload_to <django.db.models.FileField.upload_to>`
|
||
attribute is now optional. If it is omitted or given ``None`` or an empty
|
||
string, a subdirectory won't be used for storing the uploaded files.
|
||
|
||
* Uploaded files are now explicitly closed before the response is delivered to
|
||
the client. Partially uploaded files are also closed as long as they are
|
||
named ``file`` in the upload handler.
|
||
|
||
Forms
|
||
^^^^^
|
||
|
||
* The ``<label>`` and ``<input>`` tags rendered by
|
||
:class:`~django.forms.RadioSelect` and
|
||
:class:`~django.forms.CheckboxSelectMultiple` when looping over the radio
|
||
buttons or checkboxes now include ``for`` and ``id`` attributes, respectively.
|
||
Each radio button or checkbox includes an ``id_for_label`` attribute to
|
||
output the element's ID.
|
||
|
||
* The ``<textarea>`` tags rendered by :class:`~django.forms.Textarea` now
|
||
include a ``maxlength`` attribute if the :class:`~django.db.models.TextField`
|
||
model field has a ``max_length``.
|
||
|
||
* :attr:`Field.choices<django.db.models.Field.choices>` now allows you to
|
||
customize the "empty choice" label by including a tuple with an empty string
|
||
or ``None`` for the key and the custom label as the value. The default blank
|
||
option ``"----------"`` will be omitted in this case.
|
||
|
||
* :class:`~django.forms.MultiValueField` allows optional subfields by setting
|
||
the ``require_all_fields`` argument to ``False``. The ``required`` attribute
|
||
for each individual field will be respected, and a new ``incomplete``
|
||
validation error will be raised when any required fields are empty.
|
||
|
||
* The :meth:`~django.forms.Form.clean` method on a form no longer needs to
|
||
return ``self.cleaned_data``. If it does return a changed dictionary then
|
||
that will still be used.
|
||
|
||
* After a temporary regression in Django 1.6, it's now possible again to make
|
||
:class:`~django.forms.TypedChoiceField` ``coerce`` method return an arbitrary
|
||
value.
|
||
|
||
* :attr:`SelectDateWidget.months
|
||
<django.forms.extras.widgets.SelectDateWidget.months>` can be used to
|
||
customize the wording of the months displayed in the select widget.
|
||
|
||
* The ``min_num`` and ``validate_min`` parameters were added to
|
||
:func:`~django.forms.formsets.formset_factory` to allow validating
|
||
a minimum number of submitted forms.
|
||
|
||
* The metaclasses used by ``Form`` and ``ModelForm`` have been reworked to
|
||
support more inheritance scenarios. The previous limitation that prevented
|
||
inheriting from both ``Form`` and ``ModelForm`` simultaneously have been
|
||
removed as long as ``ModelForm`` appears first in the MRO.
|
||
|
||
* It's now possible to remove a field from a ``Form`` when subclassing by
|
||
setting the name to ``None``.
|
||
|
||
* It's now possible to customize the error messages for ``ModelForm``’s
|
||
``unique``, ``unique_for_date``, and ``unique_together`` constraints.
|
||
In order to support ``unique_together`` or any other ``NON_FIELD_ERROR``,
|
||
``ModelForm`` now looks for the ``NON_FIELD_ERROR`` key in the
|
||
``error_messages`` dictionary of the ``ModelForm``’s inner ``Meta`` class.
|
||
See :ref:`considerations regarding model's error_messages
|
||
<considerations-regarding-model-errormessages>` for more details.
|
||
|
||
Internationalization
|
||
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|
||
|
||
* The :attr:`django.middleware.locale.LocaleMiddleware.response_redirect_class`
|
||
attribute allows you to customize the redirects issued by the middleware.
|
||
|
||
* The :class:`~django.middleware.locale.LocaleMiddleware` now stores the user's
|
||
selected language with the session key ``_language``. This should only be
|
||
accessed using the :data:`~django.utils.translation.LANGUAGE_SESSION_KEY`
|
||
constant. Previously it was stored with the key ``django_language`` and the
|
||
``LANGUAGE_SESSION_KEY`` constant did not exist, but keys reserved for Django
|
||
should start with an underscore. For backwards compatibility ``django_language``
|
||
is still read from in 1.7. Sessions will be migrated to the new key
|
||
as they are written.
|
||
|
||
* The :ttag:`blocktrans` tag now supports a ``trimmed`` option. This
|
||
option will remove newline characters from the beginning and the end of the
|
||
content of the ``{% blocktrans %}`` tag, replace any whitespace at the
|
||
beginning and end of a line and merge all lines into one using a space
|
||
character to separate them. This is quite useful for indenting the content of
|
||
a ``{% blocktrans %}`` tag without having the indentation characters end up
|
||
in the corresponding entry in the PO file, which makes the translation
|
||
process easier.
|
||
|
||
* When you run :djadmin:`makemessages` from the root directory of your project,
|
||
any extracted strings will now be automatically distributed to the proper
|
||
app or project message file. See :ref:`how-to-create-language-files` for
|
||
details.
|
||
|
||
* The :djadmin:`makemessages` command now always adds the ``--previous``
|
||
command line flag to the ``msgmerge`` command, keeping previously translated
|
||
strings in po files for fuzzy strings.
|
||
|
||
* The following settings to adjust the language cookie options were introduced:
|
||
:setting:`LANGUAGE_COOKIE_AGE`, :setting:`LANGUAGE_COOKIE_DOMAIN`
|
||
and :setting:`LANGUAGE_COOKIE_PATH`.
|
||
|
||
* Added :ref:`format definitions <format-localization>` for Esperanto.
|
||
|
||
Management Commands
|
||
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|
||
|
||
* The :djadminopt:`--no-color` option for ``django-admin.py`` allows you to
|
||
disable the colorization of management command output.
|
||
|
||
* The new :djadminopt:`--natural-foreign` and :djadminopt:`--natural-primary`
|
||
options for :djadmin:`dumpdata`, and the new ``use_natural_foreign_keys`` and
|
||
``use_natural_primary_keys`` arguments for ``serializers.serialize()``, allow
|
||
the use of natural primary keys when serializing.
|
||
|
||
* It is no longer necessary to provide the cache table name or the
|
||
:djadminopt:`--database` option for the :djadmin:`createcachetable` command.
|
||
Django takes this information from your settings file. If you have configured
|
||
multiple caches or multiple databases, all cache tables are created.
|
||
|
||
* The :djadmin:`runserver` command received several improvements:
|
||
|
||
* On Linux systems, if pyinotify_ is installed, the development server will
|
||
reload immediately when a file is changed. Previously, it polled the
|
||
filesystem for changes every second. That caused a small delay before
|
||
reloads and reduced battery life on laptops.
|
||
|
||
.. _pyinotify: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyinotify
|
||
|
||
* In addition, the development server automatically reloads when a
|
||
translation file is updated, i.e. after running
|
||
:djadmin:`compilemessages`.
|
||
|
||
* All HTTP requests are logged to the console, including requests for static
|
||
files or ``favicon.ico`` that used to be filtered out.
|
||
|
||
* Management commands can now produce syntax colored output under Windows if
|
||
the ANSICON third-party tool is installed and active.
|
||
|
||
* :djadmin:`collectstatic` command with symlink option is now supported on
|
||
Windows NT 6 (Windows Vista and newer).
|
||
|
||
* :ref:`initial-sql` now works better if the sqlparse_ Python library is
|
||
installed.
|
||
|
||
Note that it's deprecated in favor of the
|
||
:class:`~django.db.migrations.operations.RunSQL` operation of migrations,
|
||
which benefits from the improved behavior.
|
||
|
||
.. _sqlparse: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/sqlparse
|
||
|
||
Models
|
||
^^^^^^
|
||
|
||
* The :meth:`QuerySet.update_or_create()
|
||
<django.db.models.query.QuerySet.update_or_create>` method was added.
|
||
|
||
* The new :attr:`~django.db.models.Options.default_permissions` model
|
||
``Meta`` option allows you to customize (or disable) creation of the default
|
||
add, change, and delete permissions.
|
||
|
||
* Explicit :class:`~django.db.models.OneToOneField` for
|
||
:ref:`multi-table-inheritance` are now discovered in abstract classes.
|
||
|
||
* Is it now possible to avoid creating a backward relation for
|
||
:class:`~django.db.models.OneToOneField` by setting its
|
||
:attr:`~django.db.models.ForeignKey.related_name` to
|
||
``'+'`` or ending it with ``'+'``.
|
||
|
||
* :class:`F expressions <django.db.models.F>` support the power operator
|
||
(``**``).
|
||
|
||
* The ``remove()`` and ``clear()`` methods of the related managers created by
|
||
``ForeignKey`` and ``GenericForeignKey`` now accept the ``bulk`` keyword
|
||
argument to control whether or not to perform operations in bulk
|
||
(i.e. using ``QuerySet.update()``). Defaults to ``True``.
|
||
|
||
* It is now possible to use ``None`` as a query value for the :lookup:`iexact`
|
||
lookup.
|
||
|
||
* It is now possible to pass a callable as value for the attribute
|
||
:attr:`~django.db.models.ForeignKey.limit_choices_to` when defining a
|
||
``ForeignKey`` or ``ManyToManyField``.
|
||
|
||
* Calling :meth:`only() <django.db.models.query.QuerySet.only>` and
|
||
:meth:`defer() <django.db.models.query.QuerySet.defer>` on the result of
|
||
:meth:`QuerySet.values() <django.db.models.query.QuerySet.values>` now raises
|
||
an error (before that, it would either result in a database error or
|
||
incorrect data).
|
||
|
||
* You can use a single list for :attr:`~django.db.models.Options.index_together`
|
||
(rather than a list of lists) when specifying a single set of fields.
|
||
|
||
* Custom intermediate models having more than one foreign key to any of the
|
||
models participating in a many-to-many relationship are now permitted,
|
||
provided you explicitly specify which foreign keys should be used by setting
|
||
the new :attr:`ManyToManyField.through_fields <django.db.models.ManyToManyField.through_fields>`
|
||
argument.
|
||
|
||
* Assigning a model instance to a non-relation field will now throw an error.
|
||
Previously this used to work if the field accepted integers as input as it
|
||
took the primary key.
|
||
|
||
* Integer fields are now validated against database backend specific min and
|
||
max values based on their :meth:`internal_type <django.db.models.Field.get_internal_type>`.
|
||
Previously model field validation didn't prevent values out of their associated
|
||
column data type range from being saved resulting in an integrity error.
|
||
|
||
* It is now possible to explicitly :meth:`~django.db.models.query.QuerySet.order_by`
|
||
a relation ``_id`` field by using its attribute name.
|
||
|
||
Signals
|
||
^^^^^^^
|
||
|
||
* The ``enter`` argument was added to the
|
||
:data:`~django.test.signals.setting_changed` signal.
|
||
|
||
* The model signals can be now be connected to using a ``str`` of the
|
||
``'app_label.ModelName'`` form – just like related fields – to lazily
|
||
reference their senders.
|
||
|
||
Templates
|
||
^^^^^^^^^
|
||
|
||
* The :meth:`Context.push() <django.template.Context.push>` method now returns
|
||
a context manager which automatically calls :meth:`pop()
|
||
<django.template.Context.pop>` upon exiting the ``with`` statement.
|
||
Additionally, :meth:`push() <django.template.Context.push>` now accepts
|
||
parameters that are passed to the ``dict`` constructor used to build the new
|
||
context level.
|
||
|
||
* The new :meth:`Context.flatten() <django.template.Context.flatten>` method
|
||
returns a ``Context``'s stack as one flat dictionary.
|
||
|
||
* ``Context`` objects can now be compared for equality (internally, this
|
||
uses :meth:`Context.flatten() <django.template.Context.flatten>` so the
|
||
internal structure of each ``Context``'s stack doesn't matter as long as their
|
||
flattened version is identical).
|
||
|
||
* The :ttag:`widthratio` template tag now accepts an ``"as"`` parameter to
|
||
capture the result in a variable.
|
||
|
||
* The :ttag:`include` template tag will now also accept anything with a
|
||
``render()`` method (such as a ``Template``) as an argument. String
|
||
arguments will be looked up using
|
||
:func:`~django.template.loader.get_template` as always.
|
||
|
||
* It is now possible to :ttag:`include` templates recursively.
|
||
|
||
* Template objects now have an origin attribute set when
|
||
:setting:`TEMPLATE_DEBUG` is ``True``. This allows template origins to be
|
||
inspected and logged outside of the ``django.template`` infrastructure.
|
||
|
||
* ``TypeError`` exceptions are no longer silenced when raised during the
|
||
rendering of a template.
|
||
|
||
* The following functions now accept a ``dirs`` parameter which is a list or
|
||
tuple to override :setting:`TEMPLATE_DIRS`:
|
||
|
||
* :func:`django.template.loader.get_template()`
|
||
* :func:`django.template.loader.select_template()`
|
||
* :func:`django.shortcuts.render()`
|
||
* :func:`django.shortcuts.render_to_response()`
|
||
|
||
* The :tfilter:`time` filter now accepts timezone-related :ref:`format
|
||
specifiers <date-and-time-formatting-specifiers>` ``'e'``, ``'O'`` , ``'T'``
|
||
and ``'Z'`` and is able to digest :ref:`time-zone-aware
|
||
<naive_vs_aware_datetimes>` ``datetime`` instances performing the expected
|
||
rendering.
|
||
|
||
* The :ttag:`cache` tag will now try to use the cache called
|
||
"template_fragments" if it exists and fall back to using the default cache
|
||
otherwise. It also now accepts an optional ``using`` keyword argument to
|
||
control which cache it uses.
|
||
|
||
* The new :tfilter:`truncatechars_html` filter truncates a string to be no
|
||
longer than the specified number of characters, taking HTML into account.
|
||
|
||
Requests and Responses
|
||
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|
||
|
||
* The new :attr:`HttpRequest.scheme <django.http.HttpRequest.scheme>` attribute
|
||
specifies the scheme of the request (``http`` or ``https`` normally).
|
||
|
||
|
||
* The shortcut :func:`redirect() <django.shortcuts.redirect>` now supports
|
||
relative URLs.
|
||
|
||
* The new :class:`~django.http.JsonResponse` subclass of
|
||
:class:`~django.http.HttpResponse` helps easily create JSON-encoded responses.
|
||
|
||
Tests
|
||
^^^^^
|
||
|
||
* :class:`~django.test.runner.DiscoverRunner` has two new attributes,
|
||
:attr:`~django.test.runner.DiscoverRunner.test_suite` and
|
||
:attr:`~django.test.runner.DiscoverRunner.test_runner`, which facilitate
|
||
overriding the way tests are collected and run.
|
||
|
||
* The ``fetch_redirect_response`` argument was added to
|
||
:meth:`~django.test.SimpleTestCase.assertRedirects`. Since the test
|
||
client can't fetch externals URLs, this allows you to use ``assertRedirects``
|
||
with redirects that aren't part of your Django app.
|
||
|
||
* Correct handling of scheme when making comparisons in
|
||
:meth:`~django.test.SimpleTestCase.assertRedirects`.
|
||
|
||
* The ``secure`` argument was added to all the request methods of
|
||
:class:`~django.test.Client`. If ``True``, the request will be made
|
||
through HTTPS.
|
||
|
||
* :meth:`~django.test.TransactionTestCase.assertNumQueries` now prints
|
||
out the list of executed queries if the assertion fails.
|
||
|
||
* The ``WSGIRequest`` instance generated by the test handler is now attached to
|
||
the :attr:`django.test.Response.wsgi_request` attribute.
|
||
|
||
* The database settings for testing have been collected into a dictionary
|
||
named :setting:`TEST <DATABASE-TEST>`.
|
||
|
||
Utilities
|
||
^^^^^^^^^
|
||
|
||
* Improved :func:`~django.utils.html.strip_tags` accuracy (but it still cannot
|
||
guarantee an HTML-safe result, as stated in the documentation).
|
||
|
||
Validators
|
||
^^^^^^^^^^
|
||
|
||
* :class:`~django.core.validators.RegexValidator` now accepts the optional
|
||
:attr:`~django.core.validators.RegexValidator.flags` and
|
||
Boolean :attr:`~django.core.validators.RegexValidator.inverse_match` arguments.
|
||
The :attr:`~django.core.validators.RegexValidator.inverse_match` attribute
|
||
determines if the :exc:`~django.core.exceptions.ValidationError` should
|
||
be raised when the regular expression pattern matches (``True``) or does not
|
||
match (``False``, by default) the provided ``value``. The
|
||
:attr:`~django.core.validators.RegexValidator.flags` attribute sets the flags
|
||
used when compiling a regular expression string.
|
||
|
||
* :class:`~django.core.validators.URLValidator` now accepts an optional
|
||
``schemes`` argument which allows customization of the accepted URI schemes
|
||
(instead of the defaults ``http(s)`` and ``ftp(s)``).
|
||
|
||
* :func:`~django.core.validators.validate_email` now accepts addresses with
|
||
IPv6 literals, like ``example@[2001:db8::1]``, as specified in RFC 5321.
|
||
|
||
Backwards incompatible changes in 1.7
|
||
=====================================
|
||
|
||
.. warning::
|
||
|
||
In addition to the changes outlined in this section, be sure to review the
|
||
:ref:`deprecation plan <deprecation-removed-in-1.7>` for any features that
|
||
have been removed. If you haven't updated your code within the
|
||
deprecation timeline for a given feature, its removal may appear as a
|
||
backwards incompatible change.
|
||
|
||
allow_syncdb/allow_migrate
|
||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||
|
||
While Django will still look at ``allow_syncdb`` methods even though they
|
||
should be renamed to ``allow_migrate``, there is a subtle difference in which
|
||
models get passed to these methods.
|
||
|
||
For apps with migrations, ``allow_migrate`` will now get passed
|
||
:ref:`historical models <historical-models>`, which are special versioned models
|
||
without custom attributes, methods or managers. Make sure your ``allow_migrate``
|
||
methods are only referring to fields or other items in ``model._meta``.
|
||
|
||
initial_data
|
||
~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||
|
||
Apps with migrations will not load ``initial_data`` fixtures when they have
|
||
finished migrating. Apps without migrations will continue to load these fixtures
|
||
during the phase of ``migrate`` which emulates the old ``syncdb`` behavior,
|
||
but any new apps will not have this support.
|
||
|
||
Instead, you are encouraged to load initial data in migrations if you need it
|
||
(using the ``RunPython`` operation and your model classes);
|
||
this has the added advantage that your initial data will not need updating
|
||
every time you change the schema.
|
||
|
||
Additionally, like the rest of Django's old ``syncdb`` code, ``initial_data``
|
||
has been started down the deprecation path and will be removed in Django 1.9.
|
||
|
||
deconstruct() and serializability
|
||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||
|
||
Django now requires all Field classes and all of their constructor arguments
|
||
to be serializable. If you modify the constructor signature in your custom
|
||
Field in any way, you'll need to implement a deconstruct() method;
|
||
we've expanded the custom field documentation with :ref:`instructions
|
||
on implementing this method <custom-field-deconstruct-method>`.
|
||
|
||
The requirement for all field arguments to be
|
||
:ref:`serializable <migration-serializing>` means that any custom class
|
||
instances being passed into Field constructors - things like custom Storage
|
||
subclasses, for instance - need to have a :ref:`deconstruct method defined on
|
||
them as well <custom-deconstruct-method>`, though Django provides a handy
|
||
class decorator that will work for most applications.
|
||
|
||
App-loading changes
|
||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||
|
||
Start-up sequence
|
||
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|
||
|
||
Django 1.7 loads application configurations and models as soon as it starts.
|
||
While this behavior is more straightforward and is believed to be more robust,
|
||
regressions cannot be ruled out. See :ref:`applications-troubleshooting` for
|
||
solutions to some problems you may encounter.
|
||
|
||
Standalone scripts
|
||
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|
||
|
||
If you're using Django in a plain Python script — rather than a management
|
||
command — and you rely on the :envvar:`DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE` environment
|
||
variable, you must now explicitly initialize Django at the beginning of your
|
||
script with::
|
||
|
||
>>> import django
|
||
>>> django.setup()
|
||
|
||
Otherwise, you will hit an ``AppRegistryNotReady`` exception.
|
||
|
||
App registry consistency
|
||
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|
||
|
||
It is no longer possible to have multiple installed applications with the same
|
||
label. In previous versions of Django, this didn't always work correctly, but
|
||
didn't crash outright either.
|
||
|
||
If you have two apps with the same label, you should create an
|
||
:class:`~django.apps.AppConfig` for one of them and override its
|
||
:class:`~django.apps.AppConfig.label` there. You should then adjust your code
|
||
wherever it references this application or its models with the old label.
|
||
|
||
It isn't possible to import the same model twice through different paths any
|
||
more. As of Django 1.6, this may happen only if you're manually putting a
|
||
directory and a subdirectory on :envvar:`PYTHONPATH`. Refer to the section on
|
||
the new project layout in the :doc:`1.4 release notes </releases/1.4>` for
|
||
migration instructions.
|
||
|
||
You should make sure that:
|
||
|
||
* All models are defined in applications that are listed in
|
||
:setting:`INSTALLED_APPS` or have an explicit
|
||
:attr:`~django.db.models.Options.app_label`.
|
||
|
||
* Models aren't imported as a side-effect of loading their application.
|
||
Specifically, you shouldn't import models in the root module of an
|
||
application nor in the module that define its configuration class.
|
||
|
||
Django will enforce these requirements as of version 1.9, after a deprecation
|
||
period.
|
||
|
||
Subclassing AppCommand
|
||
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|
||
|
||
Subclasses of :class:`~django.core.management.AppCommand` must now implement a
|
||
:meth:`~django.core.management.AppCommand.handle_app_config` method instead of
|
||
``handle_app()``. This method receives an :class:`~django.apps.AppConfig`
|
||
instance instead of a models module.
|
||
|
||
Introspecting applications
|
||
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|
||
|
||
Since :setting:`INSTALLED_APPS` now supports application configuration classes
|
||
in addition to application modules, you should review code that accesses this
|
||
setting directly and use the app registry (:attr:`django.apps.apps`) instead.
|
||
|
||
The app registry has preserved some features of the old app cache. Even though
|
||
the app cache was a private API, obsolete methods and arguments will be
|
||
removed through a standard deprecation path, with the exception of the
|
||
following changes that take effect immediately:
|
||
|
||
* ``get_model`` raises :exc:`LookupError` instead of returning ``None`` when no
|
||
model is found.
|
||
|
||
* The ``only_installed`` argument of ``get_model`` and ``get_models`` no
|
||
longer exists, nor does the ``seed_cache`` argument of ``get_model``.
|
||
|
||
Management commands and order of :setting:`INSTALLED_APPS`
|
||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||
|
||
When several applications provide management commands with the same name,
|
||
Django loads the command from the application that comes first in
|
||
:setting:`INSTALLED_APPS`. Previous versions loaded the command from the
|
||
application that came last.
|
||
|
||
This brings discovery of management commands in line with other parts of
|
||
Django that rely on the order of :setting:`INSTALLED_APPS`, such as static
|
||
files, templates, and translations.
|
||
|
||
.. _validation-error-constructor-and-internal-storage:
|
||
|
||
``ValidationError`` constructor and internal storage
|
||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||
|
||
The behavior of the ``ValidationError`` constructor has changed when it
|
||
receives a container of errors as an argument (e.g. a ``list`` or an
|
||
``ErrorList``):
|
||
|
||
* It converts any strings it finds to instances of ``ValidationError``
|
||
before adding them to its internal storage.
|
||
|
||
* It doesn't store the given container but rather copies its content to its
|
||
own internal storage; previously the container itself was added to the
|
||
``ValidationError`` instance and used as internal storage.
|
||
|
||
This means that if you access the ``ValidationError`` internal storages, such
|
||
as ``error_list``; ``error_dict``; or the return value of
|
||
``update_error_dict()`` you may find instances of ``ValidationError`` where you
|
||
would have previously found strings.
|
||
|
||
Also if you directly assigned the return value of ``update_error_dict()``
|
||
to ``Form._errors`` you may inadvertently add `list` instances where
|
||
``ErrorList`` instances are expected. This is a problem because unlike a
|
||
simple `list`, an ``ErrorList`` knows how to handle instances of
|
||
``ValidationError``.
|
||
|
||
Most use-cases that warranted using these private APIs are now covered by
|
||
the newly introduced :meth:`Form.add_error() <django.forms.Form.add_error()>`
|
||
method::
|
||
|
||
# Old pattern:
|
||
try:
|
||
# ...
|
||
except ValidationError as e:
|
||
self._errors = e.update_error_dict(self._errors)
|
||
|
||
# New pattern:
|
||
try:
|
||
# ...
|
||
except ValidationError as e:
|
||
self.add_error(None, e)
|
||
|
||
If you need both Django <= 1.6 and 1.7 compatibility you can't use
|
||
:meth:`Form.add_error() <django.forms.Form.add_error()>` since it
|
||
wasn't available before Django 1.7, but you can use the following
|
||
workaround to convert any ``list`` into ``ErrorList``::
|
||
|
||
try:
|
||
# ...
|
||
except ValidationError as e:
|
||
self._errors = e.update_error_dict(self._errors)
|
||
|
||
# Additional code to ensure ``ErrorDict`` is exclusively
|
||
# composed of ``ErrorList`` instances.
|
||
for field, error_list in self._errors.items():
|
||
if not isinstance(error_list, self.error_class):
|
||
self._errors[field] = self.error_class(error_list)
|
||
|
||
Behavior of ``LocMemCache`` regarding pickle errors
|
||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||
|
||
An inconsistency existed in previous versions of Django regarding how pickle
|
||
errors are handled by different cache backends.
|
||
``django.core.cache.backends.locmem.LocMemCache`` used to fail silently when
|
||
such an error occurs, which is inconsistent with other backends and leads to
|
||
cache-specific errors. This has been fixed in Django 1.7, see
|
||
`Ticket #21200`_ for more details.
|
||
|
||
.. _Ticket #21200: https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/21200
|
||
|
||
Cache keys are now generated from the request's absolute URL
|
||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||
|
||
Previous versions of Django generated cache keys using a request's path and
|
||
query string but not the scheme or host. If a Django application was serving
|
||
multiple subdomains or domains, cache keys could collide. In Django 1.7, cache
|
||
keys vary by the absolute URL of the request including scheme, host, path, and
|
||
query string. For example, the URL portion of a cache key is now generated from
|
||
``http://www.example.com/path/to/?key=val`` rather than ``/path/to/?key=val``.
|
||
The cache keys generated by Django 1.7 will be different from the keys
|
||
generated by older versions of Django. After upgrading to Django 1.7, the first
|
||
request to any previously cached URL will be a cache miss .
|
||
|
||
Passing ``None`` to ``Manager.db_manager()``
|
||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||
|
||
In previous versions of Django, it was possible to use
|
||
``db_manager(using=None)`` on a model manager instance to obtain a manager
|
||
instance using default routing behavior, overriding any manually specified
|
||
database routing. In Django 1.7, a value of ``None`` passed to db_manager will
|
||
produce a router that *retains* any manually assigned database routing -- the
|
||
manager will *not* be reset. This was necessary to resolve an inconsistency in
|
||
the way routing information cascaded over joins. See `Ticket #13724`_ for more
|
||
details.
|
||
|
||
.. _Ticket #13724: https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/13724
|
||
|
||
pytz may be required
|
||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||
|
||
If your project handles datetimes before 1970 or after 2037 and Django raises
|
||
a :exc:`ValueError` when encountering them, you will have to install pytz_. You
|
||
may be affected by this problem if you use Django's time zone-related date
|
||
formats or :mod:`django.contrib.syndication`.
|
||
|
||
.. _pytz: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pytz/
|
||
|
||
``remove()`` and ``clear()`` methods of related managers
|
||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||
|
||
The ``remove()`` and ``clear()`` methods of the related managers created by
|
||
``ForeignKey``, ``GenericForeignKey``, and ``ManyToManyField`` suffered from a
|
||
number of issues. Some operations ran multiple data modifying queries without
|
||
wrapping them in a transaction, and some operations didn't respect default
|
||
filtering when it was present (i.e. when the default manager on the related
|
||
model implemented a custom ``get_queryset()``).
|
||
|
||
Fixing the issues introduced some backward incompatible changes:
|
||
|
||
- The default implementation of ``remove()`` for ``ForeignKey`` related managers
|
||
changed from a series of ``Model.save()`` calls to a single
|
||
``QuerySet.update()`` call. The change means that ``pre_save`` and
|
||
``post_save`` signals aren't sent anymore. You can use the ``bulk=False``
|
||
keyword argument to revert to the previous behavior.
|
||
|
||
- The ``remove()`` and ``clear()`` methods for ``GenericForeignKey`` related
|
||
managers now perform bulk delete. The ``Model.delete()`` method isn't called
|
||
on each instance anymore. You can use the ``bulk=False`` keyword argument to
|
||
revert to the previous behavior.
|
||
|
||
- The ``remove()`` and ``clear()`` methods for ``ManyToManyField`` related
|
||
managers perform nested queries when filtering is involved, which may or
|
||
may not be an issue depending on your database and your data itself.
|
||
See :ref:`this note <nested-queries-performance>` for more details.
|
||
|
||
Admin login redirection strategy
|
||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||
|
||
Historically, the Django admin site passed the request from an unauthorized or
|
||
unauthenticated user directly to the login view, without HTTP redirection. In
|
||
Django 1.7, this behavior changed to conform to a more traditional workflow
|
||
where any unauthorized request to an admin page will be redirected (by HTTP
|
||
status code 302) to the login page, with the ``next`` parameter set to the
|
||
referring path. The user will be redirected there after a successful login.
|
||
|
||
Note also that the admin login form has been updated to not contain the
|
||
``this_is_the_login_form`` field (now unused) and the ``ValidationError`` code
|
||
has been set to the more regular ``invalid_login`` key.
|
||
|
||
``select_for_update()`` requires a transaction
|
||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||
|
||
Historically, queries that use
|
||
:meth:`~django.db.models.query.QuerySet.select_for_update()` could be
|
||
executed in autocommit mode, outside of a transaction. Before Django
|
||
1.6, Django's automatic transactions mode allowed this to be used to
|
||
lock records until the next write operation. Django 1.6 introduced
|
||
database-level autocommit; since then, execution in such a context
|
||
voids the effect of ``select_for_update()``. It is, therefore, assumed
|
||
now to be an error and raises an exception.
|
||
|
||
This change was made because such errors can be caused by including an
|
||
app which expects global transactions (e.g. :setting:`ATOMIC_REQUESTS
|
||
<DATABASE-ATOMIC_REQUESTS>` set to ``True``), or Django's old autocommit
|
||
behavior, in a project which runs without them; and further, such
|
||
errors may manifest as data-corruption bugs. It was also made in
|
||
Django 1.6.3.
|
||
|
||
This change may cause test failures if you use ``select_for_update()``
|
||
in a test class which is a subclass of
|
||
:class:`~django.test.TransactionTestCase` rather than
|
||
:class:`~django.test.TestCase`.
|
||
|
||
Contrib middleware removed from default :setting:`MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES`
|
||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||
|
||
The :ref:`app-loading refactor <app-loading-refactor-17-release-note>`
|
||
deprecated using models from apps which are not part of the
|
||
:setting:`INSTALLED_APPS` setting. This exposed an incompatibility between
|
||
the default :setting:`INSTALLED_APPS` and :setting:`MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES` in the
|
||
global defaults (``django.conf.global_settings``). To bring these settings in
|
||
sync and prevent deprecation warnings when doing things like testing reusable
|
||
apps with minimal settings,
|
||
:class:`~django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware`,
|
||
:class:`~django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware`, and
|
||
:class:`~django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware` were removed
|
||
from the defaults. These classes will still be included in the default settings
|
||
generated by :djadmin:`startproject`. Most projects will not be affected by
|
||
this change but if you were not previously declaring the
|
||
:setting:`MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES` in your project settings and relying on the
|
||
global default you should ensure that the new defaults are in line with your
|
||
project's needs. You should also check for any code that accesses
|
||
``django.conf.global_settings.MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES`` directly.
|
||
|
||
Miscellaneous
|
||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||
|
||
* The :meth:`django.core.files.uploadhandler.FileUploadHandler.new_file()`
|
||
method is now passed an additional ``content_type_extra`` parameter. If you
|
||
have a custom :class:`~django.core.files.uploadhandler.FileUploadHandler`
|
||
that implements ``new_file()``, be sure it accepts this new parameter.
|
||
|
||
* :class:`ModelFormSet<django.forms.models.BaseModelFormSet>`\s no longer
|
||
delete instances when ``save(commit=False)`` is called. See
|
||
:attr:`~django.forms.formsets.BaseFormSet.can_delete` for instructions on how
|
||
to manually delete objects from deleted forms.
|
||
|
||
* Loading empty fixtures emits a ``RuntimeWarning`` rather than raising
|
||
:class:`~django.core.management.CommandError`.
|
||
|
||
* :func:`django.contrib.staticfiles.views.serve` will now raise an
|
||
:exc:`~django.http.Http404` exception instead of
|
||
:exc:`~django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured` when :setting:`DEBUG`
|
||
is ``False``. This change removes the need to conditionally add the view to
|
||
your root URLconf, which in turn makes it safe to reverse by name. It also
|
||
removes the ability for visitors to generate spurious HTTP 500 errors by
|
||
requesting static files that don't exist or haven't been collected yet.
|
||
|
||
* The :meth:`django.db.models.Model.__eq__` method is now defined in a
|
||
way where instances of a proxy model and its base model are considered
|
||
equal when primary keys match. Previously only instances of exact same
|
||
class were considered equal on primary key match.
|
||
|
||
* The :meth:`django.db.models.Model.__eq__` method has changed such that
|
||
two ``Model`` instances without primary key values won't be considered
|
||
equal (unless they are the same instance).
|
||
|
||
* The :meth:`django.db.models.Model.__hash__` method will now raise ``TypeError``
|
||
when called on an instance without a primary key value. This is done to
|
||
avoid mutable ``__hash__`` values in containers.
|
||
|
||
* :class:`~django.db.models.AutoField` columns in SQLite databases will now be
|
||
created using the ``AUTOINCREMENT`` option, which guarantees monotonic
|
||
increments. This will cause primary key numbering behavior to change on
|
||
SQLite, becoming consistent with most other SQL databases. This will only
|
||
apply to newly created tables. If you have a database created with an older
|
||
version of Django, you will need to migrate it to take advantage of this
|
||
feature. For example, you could do the following:
|
||
|
||
#) Use :djadmin:`dumpdata` to save your data.
|
||
#) Rename the existing database file (keep it as a backup).
|
||
#) Run :djadmin:`migrate` to create the updated schema.
|
||
#) Use :djadmin:`loaddata` to import the fixtures you exported in (1).
|
||
|
||
* ``django.contrib.auth.models.AbstractUser`` no longer defines a
|
||
:meth:`~django.db.models.Model.get_absolute_url()` method. The old definition
|
||
returned ``"/users/%s/" % urlquote(self.username)`` which was arbitrary
|
||
since applications may or may not define such a url in ``urlpatterns``.
|
||
Define a ``get_absolute_url()`` method on your own custom user object or use
|
||
:setting:`ABSOLUTE_URL_OVERRIDES` if you want a URL for your user.
|
||
|
||
* The static asset-serving functionality of the
|
||
:class:`django.test.LiveServerTestCase` class has been simplified: Now it's
|
||
only able to serve content already present in :setting:`STATIC_ROOT` when
|
||
tests are run. The ability to transparently serve all the static assets
|
||
(similarly to what one gets with :setting:`DEBUG = True <DEBUG>` at
|
||
development-time) has been moved to a new class that lives in the
|
||
``staticfiles`` application (the one actually in charge of such feature):
|
||
:class:`django.contrib.staticfiles.testing.StaticLiveServerCase`. In other
|
||
words, ``LiveServerTestCase`` itself is less powerful but at the same time
|
||
has less magic.
|
||
|
||
Rationale behind this is removal of dependency of non-contrib code on
|
||
contrib applications.
|
||
|
||
* The old cache URI syntax (e.g. ``"locmem://"``) is no longer supported. It
|
||
still worked, even though it was not documented or officially supported. If
|
||
you're still using it, please update to the current :setting:`CACHES` syntax.
|
||
|
||
* The default ordering of ``Form`` fields in case of inheritance has changed to
|
||
follow normal Python MRO. Fields are now discovered by iterating through the
|
||
MRO in reverse with the topmost class coming last. This only affects you if
|
||
you relied on the default field ordering while having fields defined on both
|
||
the current class *and* on a parent ``Form``.
|
||
|
||
* The ``required`` argument of
|
||
:class:`~django.forms.extras.widgets.SelectDateWidget` has been removed.
|
||
This widget now respects the form field's ``is_required`` attribute like
|
||
other widgets.
|
||
|
||
* ``Widget.is_hidden`` is now a read-only property, getting its value by
|
||
introspecting the presence of ``input_type == 'hidden'``.
|
||
|
||
* :meth:`~django.db.models.query.QuerySet.select_related` now chains in the
|
||
same way as other similar calls like ``prefetch_related``. That is,
|
||
``select_related('foo', 'bar')`` is equivalent to
|
||
``select_related('foo').select_related('bar')``. Previously the latter would
|
||
have been equivalent to ``select_related('bar')``.
|
||
|
||
* GeoDjango dropped support for GEOS < 3.1.
|
||
|
||
* The ``init_connection_state`` method of database backends now executes in
|
||
autocommit mode (unless you set :setting:`AUTOCOMMIT <DATABASE-AUTOCOMMIT>`
|
||
to ``False``). If you maintain a custom database backend, you should check
|
||
that method.
|
||
|
||
* The ``django.db.backends.BaseDatabaseFeatures.allows_primary_key_0``
|
||
attribute has been renamed to ``allows_auto_pk_0`` to better describe it.
|
||
It's ``True`` for all database backends included with Django except MySQL
|
||
which does allow primary keys with value 0. It only forbids *autoincrement*
|
||
primary keys with value 0.
|
||
|
||
* Shadowing model fields defined in a parent model has been forbidden as this
|
||
creates ambiguity in the expected model behavior. In addition, any clashing
|
||
fields in the model inheritance hierarchy results in a system check error.
|
||
For example, if you use multi-inheritance, you need to define custom primary
|
||
key fields on parent models, otherwise the default ``id`` fields will clash.
|
||
See :ref:`model-multiple-inheritance-topic` for details.
|
||
|
||
* ``django.utils.translation.parse_accept_lang_header()`` now returns
|
||
lowercase locales, instead of the case as it was provided. As locales should
|
||
be treated case-insensitive this allows us to speed up locale detection.
|
||
|
||
* ``django.utils.translation.get_language_from_path()`` and
|
||
``django.utils.translation.trans_real.get_supported_language_variant()``
|
||
now no longer have a ``supported`` argument.
|
||
|
||
* The ``shortcut`` view in ``django.contrib.contenttypes.views`` now supports
|
||
protocol-relative URLs (e.g. ``//example.com``).
|
||
|
||
* :class:`~django.contrib.contenttypes.fields.GenericRelation` now supports an
|
||
optional ``related_query_name`` argument. Setting ``related_query_name`` adds
|
||
a relation from the related object back to the content type for filtering,
|
||
ordering and other query operations.
|
||
|
||
* When running tests on PostgreSQL, the :setting:`USER` will need read access
|
||
to the built-in ``postgres`` database. This is in lieu of the previous
|
||
behavior of connecting to the actual non-test database.
|
||
|
||
* As part of the :doc:`System check framework </ref/checks>`, :ref:`fields,
|
||
models, and model managers <field-checking>` all implement a ``check()``
|
||
method that is registered with the check framework. If you have an existing
|
||
method called ``check()`` on one of these objects, you will need to rename it.
|
||
|
||
* As noted above in the "Cache" section of "Minor Features", defining the
|
||
:setting:`TIMEOUT <CACHES-TIMEOUT>` argument of the
|
||
:setting:`CACHES` setting as ``None`` will set the cache keys as
|
||
"non-expiring". Previously, with the memcache backend, a
|
||
:setting:`TIMEOUT <CACHES-TIMEOUT>` of ``0`` would set non-expiring keys,
|
||
but this was inconsistent with the set-and-expire (i.e. no caching) behavior
|
||
of ``set("key", "value", timeout=0)``. If you want non-expiring keys,
|
||
please update your settings to use ``None`` instead of ``0`` as the latter
|
||
now designates set-and-expire in the settings as well.
|
||
|
||
* The ``sql*`` management commands now respect the ``allow_migrate()`` method
|
||
of :setting:`DATABASE_ROUTERS`. If you have models synced to non-default
|
||
databases, use the :djadminopt:`--database` flag to get SQL for those
|
||
models (previously they would always be included in the output).
|
||
|
||
.. _deprecated-features-1.7:
|
||
|
||
Features deprecated in 1.7
|
||
==========================
|
||
|
||
``django.core.cache.get_cache``
|
||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||
|
||
:func:`django.core.cache.get_cache` has been supplanted by
|
||
:data:`django.core.cache.caches`.
|
||
|
||
``django.utils.dictconfig``/``django.utils.importlib``
|
||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||
|
||
``django.utils.dictconfig`` and ``django.utils.importlib`` were copies of
|
||
respectively :mod:`logging.config` and :mod:`importlib` provided for Python
|
||
versions prior to 2.7. They have been deprecated.
|
||
|
||
``django.utils.module_loading.import_by_path``
|
||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||
|
||
The current :meth:`~django.utils.module_loading.import_by_path` function
|
||
catches ``AttributeError``, ``ImportError`` and ``ValueError`` exceptions,
|
||
and re-raises :exc:`~django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured`. Such
|
||
exception masking makes it needlessly hard to diagnose circular import
|
||
problems, because it makes it look like the problem comes from inside Django.
|
||
It has been deprecated in favor of
|
||
:meth:`~django.utils.module_loading.import_string`.
|
||
|
||
``django.utils.tzinfo``
|
||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||
|
||
``django.utils.tzinfo`` provided two :class:`~datetime.tzinfo` subclasses,
|
||
``LocalTimezone`` and ``FixedOffset``. They've been deprecated in favor of
|
||
more correct alternatives provided by :mod:`django.utils.timezone`,
|
||
:func:`django.utils.timezone.get_default_timezone` and
|
||
:func:`django.utils.timezone.get_fixed_timezone`.
|
||
|
||
``django.utils.unittest``
|
||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||
|
||
``django.utils.unittest`` provided uniform access to the ``unittest2`` library
|
||
on all Python versions. Since ``unittest2`` became the standard library's
|
||
:mod:`unittest` module in Python 2.7, and Django 1.7 drops support for older
|
||
Python versions, this module isn't useful anymore. It has been deprecated. Use
|
||
:mod:`unittest` instead.
|
||
|
||
``django.utils.datastructures.SortedDict``
|
||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||
|
||
As :class:`~collections.OrderedDict` was added to the standard library in
|
||
Python 2.7, :class:`~django.utils.datastructures.SortedDict` is no longer
|
||
needed and has been deprecated.
|
||
|
||
Custom SQL location for models package
|
||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||
|
||
Previously, if models were organized in a package (``myapp/models/``) rather
|
||
than simply ``myapp/models.py``, Django would look for :ref:`initial SQL data
|
||
<initial-sql>` in ``myapp/models/sql/``. This bug has been fixed so that Django
|
||
will search ``myapp/sql/`` as documented. The old location will continue to
|
||
work until Django 1.9. After this issue was fixed, migrations were added which
|
||
deprecates initial SQL data. Thus, while this change still exists, the
|
||
deprecation is somewhat irrelevant as the entire feature will be removed in
|
||
Django 2.0 when migrations become compulsory for all applications.
|
||
|
||
Reorganization of ``django.contrib.sites``
|
||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||
|
||
``django.contrib.sites`` provides reduced functionality when it isn't in
|
||
:setting:`INSTALLED_APPS`. The app-loading refactor adds some constraints in
|
||
that situation. As a consequence, two objects were moved, and the old
|
||
locations are deprecated:
|
||
|
||
* :class:`~django.contrib.sites.requests.RequestSite` now lives in
|
||
``django.contrib.sites.requests``.
|
||
* :func:`~django.contrib.sites.shortcuts.get_current_site` now lives in
|
||
``django.contrib.sites.shortcuts``.
|
||
|
||
``declared_fieldsets`` attribute on ``ModelAdmin``
|
||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||
|
||
``ModelAdmin.declared_fieldsets`` has been deprecated. Despite being a private
|
||
API, it will go through a regular deprecation path. This attribute was mostly
|
||
used by methods that bypassed ``ModelAdmin.get_fieldsets()`` but this was
|
||
considered a bug and has been addressed.
|
||
|
||
Reorganization of ``django.contrib.contenttypes``
|
||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||
|
||
Since ``django.contrib.contenttypes.generic`` defined both admin and model
|
||
related objects an import of this module could trigger unexpected side effects.
|
||
As a consequence, its contents were split into :mod:`~django.contrib.contenttypes`
|
||
submodules and the ``django.contrib.contenttypes.generic`` module is deprecated:
|
||
|
||
* :class:`~django.contrib.contenttypes.fields.GenericForeignKey` and
|
||
:class:`~django.contrib.contenttypes.fields.GenericRelation` now live in
|
||
:mod:`~django.contrib.contenttypes.fields`.
|
||
* :class:`~django.contrib.contenttypes.forms.BaseGenericInlineFormSet` and
|
||
:func:`~django.contrib.contenttypes.forms.generic_inlineformset_factory` now
|
||
live in :mod:`~django.contrib.contenttypes.forms`.
|
||
* :class:`~django.contrib.contenttypes.admin.GenericInlineModelAdmin`,
|
||
:class:`~django.contrib.contenttypes.admin.GenericStackedInline` and
|
||
:class:`~django.contrib.contenttypes.admin.GenericTabularInline` now live in
|
||
:mod:`~django.contrib.contenttypes.admin`.
|
||
|
||
``syncdb``
|
||
~~~~~~~~~~
|
||
|
||
The :djadmin:`syncdb` command has been deprecated in favor of the new :djadmin:`migrate`
|
||
command. ``migrate`` takes the same arguments as ``syncdb`` used to plus a few
|
||
more, so it's safe to just change the name you're calling and nothing else.
|
||
|
||
``util`` modules renamed to ``utils``
|
||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||
|
||
The following instances of ``util.py`` in the Django codebase have been renamed
|
||
to ``utils.py`` in an effort to unify all util and utils references:
|
||
|
||
* ``django.contrib.admin.util``
|
||
* ``django.contrib.gis.db.backends.util``
|
||
* ``django.db.backends.util``
|
||
* ``django.forms.util``
|
||
|
||
``get_formsets`` method on ``ModelAdmin``
|
||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||
|
||
``ModelAdmin.get_formsets`` has been deprecated in favor of the new
|
||
:meth:`~django.contrib.admin.ModelAdmin.get_formsets_with_inlines`, in order to
|
||
better handle the case of selectively showing inlines on a ``ModelAdmin``.
|
||
|
||
``IPAddressField``
|
||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||
|
||
The :class:`django.db.models.IPAddressField` and
|
||
:class:`django.forms.IPAddressField` fields have been deprecated in favor of
|
||
:class:`django.db.models.GenericIPAddressField` and
|
||
:class:`django.forms.GenericIPAddressField`.
|
||
|
||
``BaseMemcachedCache._get_memcache_timeout`` method
|
||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||
|
||
The ``BaseMemcachedCache._get_memcache_timeout()`` method has been renamed to
|
||
``get_backend_timeout()``. Despite being a private API, it will go through the
|
||
normal deprecation.
|
||
|
||
Natural key serialization options
|
||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||
|
||
The ``--natural`` and ``-n`` options for :djadmin:`dumpdata` have been
|
||
deprecated. Use :djadminopt:`--natural-foreign` instead.
|
||
|
||
Similarly, the ``use_natural_keys`` argument for ``serializers.serialize()``
|
||
has been deprecated. Use ``use_natural_foreign_keys`` instead.
|
||
|
||
Merging of ``POST`` and ``GET`` arguments into ``WSGIRequest.REQUEST``
|
||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||
|
||
It was already strongly suggested that you use ``GET`` and ``POST`` instead of
|
||
``REQUEST``, because the former are more explicit. The property ``REQUEST`` is
|
||
deprecated and will be removed in Django 1.9.
|
||
|
||
``django.utils.datastructures.MergeDict`` class
|
||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||
|
||
``MergeDict`` exists primarily to support merging ``POST`` and ``GET``
|
||
arguments into a ``REQUEST`` property on ``WSGIRequest``. To merge
|
||
dictionaries, use ``dict.update()`` instead. The class ``MergeDict`` is
|
||
deprecated and will be removed in Django 1.9.
|
||
|
||
Language codes ``zh-cn``, ``zh-tw`` and ``fy-nl``
|
||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||
|
||
The currently used language codes for Simplified Chinese ``zh-cn``,
|
||
Traditional Chinese ``zh-tw`` and (Western) Frysian ``fy-nl`` are deprecated
|
||
and should be replaced by the language codes ``zh-hans``, ``zh-hant`` and
|
||
``fy`` respectively. If you use these language codes, you should rename the
|
||
locale directories and update your settings to reflect these changes. The
|
||
deprecated language codes will be removed in Django 1.9.
|
||
|
||
``django.utils.functional.memoize`` function
|
||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||
|
||
The function ``memoize`` is deprecated and should be replaced by the
|
||
``functools.lru_cache`` decorator (available from Python 3.2 onwards).
|
||
|
||
Django ships a backport of this decorator for older Python versions and it's
|
||
available at ``django.utils.lru_cache.lru_cache``. The deprecated function will
|
||
be removed in Django 1.9.
|
||
|
||
Geo Sitemaps
|
||
~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||
|
||
Google has retired support for the Geo Sitemaps format. Hence Django support
|
||
for Geo Sitemaps is deprecated and will be removed in Django 1.8.
|
||
|
||
Passing callable arguments to queryset methods
|
||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||
|
||
Callable arguments for querysets were an undocumented feature that was
|
||
unreliable. It's been deprecated and will be removed in Django 1.9.
|
||
|
||
Callable arguments were evaluated when a queryset was constructed rather than
|
||
when it was evaluated, thus this feature didn't offer any benefit compared to
|
||
evaluating arguments before passing them to queryset and created confusion that
|
||
the arguments may have been evaluated at query time.
|
||
|
||
``ADMIN_FOR`` setting
|
||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||
|
||
The ``ADMIN_FOR`` feature, part of the admindocs, has been removed. You can
|
||
remove the setting from your configuration at your convenience.
|
||
|
||
``SplitDateTimeWidget`` with ``DateTimeField``
|
||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||
|
||
``SplitDateTimeWidget`` support in :class:`~django.forms.DateTimeField` is
|
||
deprecated, use ``SplitDateTimeWidget`` with
|
||
:class:`~django.forms.SplitDateTimeField` instead.
|
||
|
||
``validate``
|
||
~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||
|
||
:djadmin:`validate` command is deprecated in favor of :djadmin:`check` command.
|
||
|
||
``django.core.management.BaseCommand``
|
||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||
|
||
``requires_model_validation`` is deprecated in favor of a new
|
||
``requires_system_checks`` flag. If the latter flag is missing, then the
|
||
value of the former flag is used. Defining both ``requires_system_checks`` and
|
||
``requires_model_validation`` results in an error.
|
||
|
||
The ``check()`` method has replaced the old ``validate()`` method.
|
||
|
||
``ModelAdmin.validator``
|
||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||
|
||
``ModelAdmin.validator`` is deprecated in favor of new ``checks`` attribute.
|
||
|
||
``django.db.backends.DatabaseValidation.validate_field``
|
||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||
|
||
This method is deprecated in favor of a new ``check_field`` method.
|
||
The functionality required by ``check_field()`` is the same as that provided
|
||
by ``validate_field()``, but the output format is different. Third-party database
|
||
backends needing this functionality should modify their backends to provide an
|
||
implementation of ``check_field()``.
|
||
|
||
Loading ``ssi`` and ``url`` template tags from ``future`` library
|
||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||
|
||
Django 1.3 introduced ``{% load ssi from future %}`` and
|
||
``{% load url from future %}`` syntax for forward compatibility of the
|
||
:ttag:`ssi` and :ttag:`url` template tags. This syntax is now deprecated and
|
||
will be removed in Django 1.9. You can simply remove the
|
||
``{% load ... from future %}`` tags.
|
||
|
||
``django.utils.text.javascript_quote``
|
||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||
|
||
``javascript_quote()`` was an undocumented function present in ``django.utils.text``.
|
||
It was used internally in the :ref:`javascript_catalog view <javascript_catalog-view>`
|
||
whose implementation was changed to make use of ``json.dumps()`` instead.
|
||
If you were relying on this function to provide safe output from untrusted
|
||
strings, you should use ``django.utils.html.escapejs`` or the
|
||
:tfilter:`escapejs` template filter.
|
||
If all you need is to generate valid javascript strings, you can simply use
|
||
``json.dumps()``.
|
||
|
||
``fix_ampersands`` utils method and template filter
|
||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||
|
||
The ``django.utils.html.fix_ampersands`` method and the ``fix_ampersands``
|
||
template filter are deprecated, as the escaping of ampersands is already taken care
|
||
of by Django's standard HTML escaping features. Combining this with ``fix_ampersands``
|
||
would either result in double escaping, or, if the output is assumed to be safe,
|
||
a risk of introducing XSS vulnerabilities. Along with ``fix_ampersands``,
|
||
``django.utils.html.clean_html`` is deprecated, an undocumented function that calls
|
||
``fix_ampersands``.
|
||
As this is an accelerated deprecation, ``fix_ampersands`` and ``clean_html``
|
||
will be removed in Django 1.8.
|
||
|
||
Reorganization of database test settings
|
||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||
|
||
All database settings with a ``TEST_`` prefix have been deprecated in favor of
|
||
entries in a :setting:`TEST <DATABASE-TEST>` dictionary in the database
|
||
settings. The old settings will be supported until Django 1.9. For backwards
|
||
compatibility with older versions of Django, you can define both versions of
|
||
the settings as long as they match.
|
||
|
||
FastCGI support
|
||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||
|
||
FastCGI support via the ``runfcgi`` management command will be removed in
|
||
Django 1.9. Please deploy your project using WSGI.
|