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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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:doc:`our deprecation plan </internals/deprecation>`, 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.
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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 renamed to
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:data:`~django.db.models.signals.pre_migrate` and
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:data:`~django.db.models.signals.post_migrate` respectively. The
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``create_models``/``created_models`` argument has also been deprecated.
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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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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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Calling custom ``QuerySet`` methods from the ``Manager``
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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The :meth:`QuerySet.as_manager() <django.db.models.query.QuerySet.as_manager>`
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class method has been added to :ref:`create Manager with QuerySet methods
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<create-manager-with-queryset-methods>`.
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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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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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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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: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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: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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: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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:mod:`django.contrib.redirects`
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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* :class:`~django.contrib.redirects.middleware.RedirectFallbackMiddleware`
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has two new attributes
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(:attr:`~django.contrib.redirects.middleware.RedirectFallbackMiddleware.response_gone_class`
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and
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:attr:`~django.contrib.redirects.middleware.RedirectFallbackMiddleware.response_redirect_class`)
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that specify the types of :class:`~django.http.HttpResponse` instances the
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middleware returns.
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:mod:`django.contrib.sessions`
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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* The ``"django.contrib.sessions.backends.cached_db"`` session backend now
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respects :setting:`SESSION_CACHE_ALIAS`. In previous versions, it always used
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the `default` cache.
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:mod:`django.contrib.sitemaps`
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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* The :mod:`sitemap framework<django.contrib.sitemaps>` now makes use of
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:attr:`~django.contrib.sitemaps.Sitemap.lastmod` to set a ``Last-Modified``
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header in the response. This makes it possible for the
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:class:`~django.middleware.http.ConditionalGetMiddleware` to handle
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conditional ``GET`` requests for sitemaps which set ``lastmod``.
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:mod:`django.contrib.syndication`
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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* The :class:`~django.utils.feedgenerator.Atom1Feed` syndication feed's
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``updated`` element now utilizes ``updateddate`` instead of ``pubdate``,
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allowing the ``published`` element to be included in the feed (which
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relies on ``pubdate``).
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Email
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^^^^^
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* :func:`~django.core.mail.send_mail` now accepts an ``html_message``
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parameter for sending a multipart ``text/plain`` and ``text/html`` email.
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File Uploads
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^^^^^^^^^^^^
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* The new :attr:`UploadedFile.content_type_extra
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<django.core.files.uploadedfile.UploadedFile.content_type_extra>` attribute
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contains extra parameters passed to the ``content-type`` header on a file
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upload.
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* The new :setting:`FILE_UPLOAD_DIRECTORY_PERMISSIONS` setting controls
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the file system permissions of directories created during file upload, like
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:setting:`FILE_UPLOAD_PERMISSIONS` does for the files themselves.
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* The :attr:`FileField.upload_to <django.db.models.FileField.upload_to>`
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attribute is now optional. If it is omitted or given ``None`` or an empty
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string, a subdirectory won't be used for storing the uploaded files.
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Forms
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^^^^^
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* The ``<label>`` and ``<input>`` tags rendered by
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:class:`~django.forms.RadioSelect` and
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:class:`~django.forms.CheckboxSelectMultiple` when looping over the radio
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buttons or checkboxes now include ``for`` and ``id`` attributes, respectively.
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Each radio button or checkbox includes an ``id_for_label`` attribute to
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output the element's ID.
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* :attr:`Field.choices<django.db.models.Field.choices>` now allows you to
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customize the "empty choice" label by including a tuple with an empty string
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or ``None`` for the key and the custom label as the value. The default blank
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option ``"----------"`` will be omitted in this case.
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* :class:`~django.forms.MultiValueField` allows optional subfields by setting
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the ``require_all_fields`` argument to ``False``. The ``required`` attribute
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for each individual field will be respected, and a new ``incomplete``
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validation error will be raised when any required fields are empty.
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* The :meth:`~django.forms.Form.clean` method on a form no longer needs to
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return ``self.cleaned_data``. If it does return a changed dictionary then
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that will still be used.
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* :attr:`SelectDateWidget.months
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<django.forms.extras.widgets.SelectDateWidget.months>` can be used to
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customize the wording of the months displayed in the select widget.
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* The ``min_num`` and ``validate_min`` parameters were added to
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:func:`~django.forms.formsets.formset_factory` to allow validating
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a minimum number of submitted forms.
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Internationalization
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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* The :attr:`django.middleware.locale.LocaleMiddleware.response_redirect_class`
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attribute allows you to customize the redirects issued by the middleware.
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Management Commands
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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* The :djadminopt:`--no-color` option for ``django-admin.py`` allows you to
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disable the colorization of management command output.
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* The new :djadminopt:`--natural-foreign` and :djadminopt:`--natural-primary`
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options for :djadmin:`dumpdata`, and the new ``use_natural_foreign_keys`` and
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``use_natural_primary_keys`` arguments for ``serializers.serialize()``, allow
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the use of natural primary keys when serializing.
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* It is no longer necessary to provide the cache table name or the
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:djadminopt:`--database` option for the :djadmin:`createcachetable` command.
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Django takes this information from your settings file. If you have configured
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multiple caches or multiple databases, all cache tables are created.
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Models
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^^^^^^
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* The :meth:`QuerySet.update_or_create()
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<django.db.models.query.QuerySet.update_or_create>` method was added.
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* The new :attr:`~django.db.models.Options.default_permissions` model
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``Meta`` option allows you to customize (or disable) creation of the default
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add, change, and delete permissions.
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* :attr:`~django.db.models.Options.app_label` is no longer required for models
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that are defined in a ``models`` package within an app.
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* Explicit :class:`~django.db.models.OneToOneField` for
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:ref:`multi-table-inheritance` are now discovered in abstract classes.
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* Is it now possible to avoid creating a backward relation for
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:class:`~django.db.models.OneToOneField` by setting its
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:attr:`~django.db.models.ForeignKey.related_name` to
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`'+'` or ending it with `'+'`.
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Signals
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^^^^^^^
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* The ``enter`` argument was added to the
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:data:`~django.test.signals.setting_changed` signal.
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Templates
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^^^^^^^^^
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* The :meth:`Context.push() <django.template.Context.push>` method now returns
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a context manager which automatically calls :meth:`pop()
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<django.template.Context.pop>` upon exiting the ``with`` statement.
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Additionally, :meth:`push() <django.template.Context.push>` now accepts
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parameters that are passed to the ``dict`` constructor used to build the new
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context level.
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* The :ttag:`widthratio` template tag now accepts an "as" parameter to capture
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the result in a variable.
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* The :ttag:`include` template tag will now also accept anything with a
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``render()`` method (such as a ``Template``) as an argument. String
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arguments will be looked up using
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:func:`~django.template.loader.get_template` as always.
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* It is now possible to :ttag:`include` templates recursively.
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* Template objects now have an origin attribute set when
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:setting:`TEMPLATE_DEBUG` is ``True``. This allows template origins to be
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inspected and logged outside of the ``django.template`` infrastructure.
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* ``TypeError`` exceptions are not longer silenced when raised during the
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rendering of a template.
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* The following functions now accept a ``dirs`` parameter which is a list or
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tuple to override :setting:`TEMPLATE_DIRS`:
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* :func:`django.template.loader.get_template()`
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* :func:`django.template.loader.select_template()`
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* :func:`django.shortcuts.render()`
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* :func:`django.shortcuts.render_to_response()`
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* The :tfilter:`time` filter now accepts timzone-related :ref:`format
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specifiers <date-and-time-formatting-specifiers>` ``'e'``, ``'O'`` , ``'T'``
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and ``'Z'`` and is able to digest :ref:`time-zone-aware
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<naive_vs_aware_datetimes>` ``datetime`` instances performing the expected
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rendering.
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Tests
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^^^^^
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* :class:`~django.test.runner.DiscoverRunner` has two new attributes,
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:attr:`~django.test.runner.DiscoverRunner.test_suite` and
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:attr:`~django.test.runner.DiscoverRunner.test_runner`, which facilitate
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overriding the way tests are collected and run.
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* The ``fetch_redirect_response`` argument was added to
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:meth:`~django.test.SimpleTestCase.assertRedirects`. Since the test
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client can't fetch externals URLs, this allows you to use ``assertRedirects``
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with redirects that aren't part of your Django app.
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Backwards incompatible changes in 1.7
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=====================================
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.. warning::
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In addition to the changes outlined in this section, be sure to review the
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:doc:`deprecation plan </internals/deprecation>` for any features that
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have been removed. If you haven't updated your code within the
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deprecation timeline for a given feature, its removal may appear as a
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backwards incompatible change.
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allow_syncdb/allow_migrate
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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While Django will still look at ``allow_syncdb`` methods even though they
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should be renamed to ``allow_migrate``, there is a subtle difference in which
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models get passed to these methods.
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For apps with migrations, ``allow_migrate`` will now get passed
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:ref:`historical models <historical-models>`, which are special versioned models
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without custom attributes, methods or managers. Make sure your ``allow_migrate``
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methods are only referring to fields or other items in ``model._meta``.
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Passing ``None`` to ``Manager.db_manager()``
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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In previous versions of Django, it was possible to use
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``db_manager(using=None)`` on a model manager instance to obtain a manager
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instance using default routing behavior, overriding any manually specified
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database routing. In Django 1.7, a value of ``None`` passed to db_manager will
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produce a router that *retains* any manually assigned database routing -- the
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manager will *not* be reset. This was necessary to resolve an inconsistency in
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the way routing information cascaded over joins. See `Ticket #13724`_ for more
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details.
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.. _Ticket #13724: https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/13724
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pytz may be required
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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If your project handles datetimes before 1970 or after 2037 and Django raises
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a :exc:`~exceptions.ValueError` when encountering them, you will have to
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install pytz_. You may be affected by this problem if you use Django's time
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zone-related date formats or :mod:`django.contrib.syndication`.
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.. _pytz: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pytz/
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Miscellaneous
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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* The :meth:`django.core.files.uploadhandler.FileUploadHandler.new_file()`
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method is now passed an additional ``content_type_extra`` parameter. If you
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have a custom :class:`~django.core.files.uploadhandler.FileUploadHandler`
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that implements ``new_file()``, be sure it accepts this new parameter.
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* :class:`ModelFormSet<django.forms.models.BaseModelFormSet>`’s no longer
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delete instances when ``save(commit=False)`` is called. See
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:attr:`~django.forms.formsets.BaseFormSet.can_delete` for instructions on how
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to manually delete objects from deleted forms.
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* Loading empty fixtures emits a ``RuntimeWarning`` rather than raising
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:class:`~django.core.management.CommandError`.
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* :func:`django.contrib.staticfiles.views.serve` will now raise an
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:exc:`~django.http.Http404` exception instead of
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:exc:`~django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured` when :setting:`DEBUG`
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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__` 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.
|
||
|
||
Features deprecated in 1.7
|
||
==========================
|
||
|
||
``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.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.
|
||
|
||
``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.
|
||
|
||
``syncdb``
|
||
~~~~~~~~~~
|
||
|
||
The ``syncdb`` command has been deprecated in favour of the new ``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 selecting 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.
|