========================== Django 1.7.9 release notes ========================== *Under development* Django 1.7.9 fixes several bugs in 1.7.8. * Prevented the loss of ``null``/``not null`` column properties during field renaming of MySQL databases (:ticket:`24817`). * Fixed ``SimpleTestCase.assertRaisesMessage()`` on Python 2.7.10 (:ticket:`24903`).