Alphabetized a few sections in the 1.9 release notes + made a few tweaks.

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@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ Welcome to Django 1.9!
These release notes cover the `new features`_, as well as some `backwards
incompatible changes`_ you'll want to be aware of when upgrading from Django
1.8 or older versions. We've :ref:`dropped some features
<deprecation-removed-in-1.9>` that have reached the end of their deprecation
cycle, and we've `begun the deprecation process for some features`_.
1.8 or older versions. We've :ref:`dropped some features<removed-features-1.9>`
that have reached the end of their deprecation cycle, and we've `begun the
deprecation process for some features`_.
.. _`new features`: `What's new in Django 1.9`_
.. _`backwards incompatible changes`: `Backwards incompatible changes in 1.9`_
@ -18,9 +18,11 @@ cycle, and we've `begun the deprecation process for some features`_.
Python compatibility
====================
Like Django 1.8, Django 1.9 requires Python 2.7 or above, though we
**highly recommend** the latest minor release. We've dropped support for
Python 3.2 and 3.3, and added support for Python 3.5.
Django 1.9 requires Python 2.7, 3.4, or 3.5. We **highly recommend** and only
officially support the latest release of each series.
Since Django 1.8, we've dropped support for Python 3.2 and 3.3, and added
support for Python 3.5.
What's new in Django 1.9
========================
@ -197,8 +199,8 @@ Minor features
* ``AbstractBaseUser`` and ``BaseUserManager`` were moved to a new
``django.contrib.auth.base_user`` module so that they can be imported without
including ``django.contrib.auth`` in :setting:`INSTALLED_APPS` (this raised
a deprecation warning in older versions and is no longer supported in
including ``django.contrib.auth`` in :setting:`INSTALLED_APPS` (doing so
raised a deprecation warning in older versions and is no longer supported in
Django 1.9).
* The permission argument of
@ -320,6 +322,26 @@ Cache
headers (added ``no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate`` to ``Cache-Control``)
to better prevent caching.
CSRF
^^^^
* The request header's name used for CSRF authentication can be customized
with :setting:`CSRF_HEADER_NAME`.
* The CSRF referer header is now validated against the
:setting:`CSRF_COOKIE_DOMAIN` setting if set. See :ref:`how-csrf-works` for
details.
* The new :setting:`CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS` setting provides a way to allow
cross-origin unsafe requests (e.g. ``POST``) over HTTPS.
Database backends
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
* The PostgreSQL backend (``django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2``) is also
available as ``django.db.backends.postgresql``. The old name will continue to
be available for backwards compatibility.
Email
^^^^^
@ -539,61 +561,6 @@ Models
* Added a new model field check that makes sure
:attr:`~django.db.models.Field.default` is a valid value.
CSRF
^^^^
* The request header's name used for CSRF authentication can be customized
with :setting:`CSRF_HEADER_NAME`.
* The CSRF referer header is now validated against the
:setting:`CSRF_COOKIE_DOMAIN` setting if set. See :ref:`how-csrf-works` for
details.
* The new :setting:`CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS` setting provides a way to allow
cross-origin unsafe requests (e.g. ``POST``) over HTTPS.
Signals
^^^^^^^
* ...
Templates
^^^^^^^^^
* Template tags created with the :meth:`~django.template.Library.simple_tag`
helper can now store results in a template variable by using the ``as``
argument.
* Added a :meth:`Context.setdefault() <django.template.Context.setdefault>`
method.
* A warning will now be logged for missing context variables. These messages
will be logged to the :ref:`django.template <django-template-logger>` logger.
* The :ttag:`firstof` template tag supports storing the output in a variable
using 'as'.
* :meth:`Context.update() <django.template.Context.update>` can now be used as
a context manager.
* Django template loaders can now extend templates recursively.
* The debug page template postmortem now include output from each engine that
is installed.
* :ref:`Debug page integration <template-debug-integration>` for custom
template engines was added.
* The :class:`~django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates` backend gained
the ability to register libraries and builtins explicitly through the
template :setting:`OPTIONS <TEMPLATES-OPTIONS>`.
* The ``timesince`` and ``timeuntil`` filters were improved to deal with leap
years when given large time spans.
* The ``include`` tag now caches parsed templates objects during template
rendering, speeding up reuse in places such as for loops.
Requests and Responses
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@ -638,6 +605,48 @@ Requests and Responses
the empty referer check already implemented, some Web bots set the referer to
the requested URL.
Signals
^^^^^^^
* ...
Templates
^^^^^^^^^
* Template tags created with the :meth:`~django.template.Library.simple_tag`
helper can now store results in a template variable by using the ``as``
argument.
* Added a :meth:`Context.setdefault() <django.template.Context.setdefault>`
method.
* A warning will now be logged for missing context variables. These messages
will be logged to the :ref:`django.template <django-template-logger>` logger.
* The :ttag:`firstof` template tag supports storing the output in a variable
using 'as'.
* :meth:`Context.update() <django.template.Context.update>` can now be used as
a context manager.
* Django template loaders can now extend templates recursively.
* The debug page template postmortem now include output from each engine that
is installed.
* :ref:`Debug page integration <template-debug-integration>` for custom
template engines was added.
* The :class:`~django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates` backend gained
the ability to register libraries and builtins explicitly through the
template :setting:`OPTIONS <TEMPLATES-OPTIONS>`.
* The ``timesince`` and ``timeuntil`` filters were improved to deal with leap
years when given large time spans.
* The ``include`` tag now caches parsed templates objects during template
rendering, speeding up reuse in places such as for loops.
Tests
^^^^^
@ -671,23 +680,16 @@ Validators
* Added :func:`~django.core.validators.validate_unicode_slug` to validate slugs
that may contain Unicode characters.
Database backends
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
* The PostgreSQL backend (``django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2``) is also
available as ``django.db.backends.postgresql``. The old name will continue to
be available for backwards compatibility.
Backwards incompatible changes in 1.9
=====================================
.. warning::
In addition to the changes outlined in this section, be sure to review the
:doc:`deprecation timeline </internals/deprecation>` 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.
:ref:`removed-features-1.9` for the features that have reached the end of
their deprecation cycle and therefore 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.
Database backend API
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@ -753,17 +755,18 @@ setuptools is not installed.
Related set direct assignment
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
:ref:`Direct assignment <direct-assignment>`) used to perform a ``clear()``
followed by a call to ``add()``. This caused needlessly large data changes
and prevented using the :data:`~django.db.models.signals.m2m_changed` signal
to track individual changes in many-to-many relations.
:ref:`Direct assignment <direct-assignment>` of related objects in the ORM used
to perform a ``clear()`` followed by a call to ``add()``. This caused
needlessly large data changes and prevented using the
:data:`~django.db.models.signals.m2m_changed` signal to track individual
changes in many-to-many relations.
Direct assignment now relies on the the new
:meth:`django.db.models.fields.related.RelatedManager.set()` method on
related managers which by default only processes changes between the
existing related set and the one that's newly assigned. The previous behavior
can be restored by replacing direct assignment by a call to ``set()`` with
the keyword argument ``clear=True``.
:meth:`~django.db.models.fields.related.RelatedManager.set` method on related
managers which by default only processes changes between the existing related
set and the one that's newly assigned. The previous behavior can be restored by
replacing direct assignment by a call to ``set()`` with the keyword argument
``clear=True``.
``ModelForm``, and therefore ``ModelAdmin``, internally rely on direct
assignment for many-to-many relations and as a consequence now use the new
@ -883,8 +886,8 @@ queries, you should turn them into naive datetimes in UTC::
from django.utils import timezone
param = timezone.make_naive(param, timezone.utc)
If you fail to do so, Django 1.9 and 2.0 will perform the conversion like
earlier versions but emit a deprecation warning. Django 2.0 won't perform any
If you fail to do so, the conversion will be performed as in earlier versions
(with a deprecation warning) up until Django 1.11. Django 2.0 won't perform any
conversion, which may result in data corruption.
If you're reading :class:`~datetime.datetime` values from the results, they
@ -1021,7 +1024,8 @@ Miscellaneous
``vendor/jquery`` subdirectory.
* The text displayed for null columns in the admin changelist ``list_display``
cells has changed from ``(None)`` (or its translated equivalent) to ``-``.
cells has changed from ``(None)`` (or its translated equivalent) to ``-`` (a
dash).
* ``django.http.responses.REASON_PHRASES`` and
``django.core.handlers.wsgi.STATUS_CODE_TEXT`` have been removed. Use
@ -1297,7 +1301,7 @@ Miscellaneous
deprecated. Use the new ``enclosures`` argument which accepts a list of
``Enclosure`` objects instead of a single one.
.. removed-features-1.9:
.. _removed-features-1.9:
Features removed in 1.9
=======================