Fixed #18041 -- Removed support for Markdown versions < 2.1, following the 1.5 deprecation timeline. Thanks Ramiro Morales for the review.

git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@17909 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37

django/contrib/markup/templatetags/markup.py

@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ markup syntaxes to HTML; currently there is support for:
     * reStructuredText, which requires docutils from http://docutils.sf.net/
 """
 
-import warnings
-
 from django import template
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.utils.encoding import smart_str, force_unicode
@@ -56,35 +54,21 @@ def markdown(value, arg=''):
             raise template.TemplateSyntaxError("Error in 'markdown' filter: The Python markdown library isn't installed.")
         return force_unicode(value)
     else:
-        # markdown.version was first added in 1.6b. The only version of markdown
+        markdown_vers = getattr(markdown, "version_info", 0)
-        # to fully support extensions before 1.6b was the shortlived 1.6a.
+        if markdown_vers < (2, 1):
-        if hasattr(markdown, 'version'):
+            if settings.DEBUG:
-            extensions = [e for e in arg.split(",") if e]
+                raise template.TemplateSyntaxError(
-            if len(extensions) > 0 and extensions[0] == "safe":
+                    "Error in 'markdown' filter: Django does not support versions of the Python markdown library < 2.1.")
-                extensions = extensions[1:]
+            return force_unicode(value)
-                safe_mode = True
-            else:
-                safe_mode = False
-            python_markdown_deprecation = "The use of Python-Markdown "
-            "< 2.1 in Django is deprecated; please update to the current version"
-            # Unicode support only in markdown v1.7 or above. Version_info
-            # exist only in markdown v1.6.2rc-2 or above.
-            markdown_vers = getattr(markdown, "version_info", None)
-            if markdown_vers < (1,7):
-                warnings.warn(python_markdown_deprecation, DeprecationWarning)
-                return mark_safe(force_unicode(markdown.markdown(smart_str(value), extensions, safe_mode=safe_mode)))
-            else:
-                if markdown_vers >= (2,1):
-                    if safe_mode:
-                        return mark_safe(markdown.markdown(force_unicode(value), extensions, safe_mode=safe_mode, enable_attributes=False))
-                    else:
-                        return mark_safe(markdown.markdown(force_unicode(value), extensions, safe_mode=safe_mode))
-                else:
-                    warnings.warn(python_markdown_deprecation, DeprecationWarning)
-                    return mark_safe(markdown.markdown(force_unicode(value), extensions, safe_mode=safe_mode))
         else:
-            warnings.warn(python_markdown_deprecation, DeprecationWarning)
+            extensions = [e for e in arg.split(",") if e]
-            return mark_safe(force_unicode(markdown.markdown(smart_str(value))))
+            if extensions and extensions[0] == "safe":
+                extensions = extensions[1:]
+                return mark_safe(markdown.markdown(
+                    force_unicode(value), extensions, safe_mode=True, enable_attributes=False))
+            else:
+                return mark_safe(markdown.markdown(
+                    force_unicode(value), extensions, safe_mode=False))
 
 @register.filter(is_safe=True)
 def restructuredtext(value):

django/contrib/markup/tests.py

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Paragraph 2 with a link_
 
 .. _link: http://www.example.com/"""
 
-    @unittest.skipUnless(textile, 'texttile not installed')
+    @unittest.skipUnless(textile, 'textile not installed')
     def test_textile(self):
         t = Template("{% load markup %}{{ textile_content|textile }}")
         rendered = t.render(Context({'textile_content':self.textile_content})).strip()
@@ -45,13 +45,13 @@ Paragraph 2 with a link_
 
 <p>Paragraph 2 with &#8220;quotes&#8221; and <code>code</code></p>""")
 
-    @unittest.skipIf(textile, 'texttile is installed')
+    @unittest.skipIf(textile, 'textile is installed')
     def test_no_textile(self):
         t = Template("{% load markup %}{{ textile_content|textile }}")
         rendered = t.render(Context({'textile_content':self.textile_content})).strip()
         self.assertEqual(rendered, escape(self.textile_content))
 
-    @unittest.skipUnless(markdown, 'markdown not installed')
+    @unittest.skipUnless(markdown and markdown_version >= (2,1), 'markdown >= 2.1 not installed')
     def test_markdown(self):
         t = Template("{% load markup %}{{ markdown_content|markdown }}")
         rendered = t.render(Context({'markdown_content':self.markdown_content})).strip()

docs/ref/contrib/markup.txt

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Django provides template filters that implement the following markup
 languages:
 
 * ``textile`` -- implements `Textile`_ -- requires `PyTextile`_
-* ``markdown`` -- implements `Markdown`_ -- requires `Python-markdown`_
+* ``markdown`` -- implements `Markdown`_ -- requires `Python-markdown`_ (>=2.1)
 * ``restructuredtext`` -- implements `reST (reStructured Text)`_
   -- requires `doc-utils`_
 
@@ -53,13 +53,13 @@ Markdown
 
 The Python Markdown library supports options named "safe_mode" and
 "enable_attributes". Both relate to the security of the output. To enable both
-options in tandem, the markdown filter supports the "safe" argument.
+options in tandem, the markdown filter supports the "safe" argument::
 
     {{ markdown_content_var|markdown:"safe" }}
 
 .. warning::
 
     Versions of the Python-Markdown library prior to 2.1 do not support the
-    optional disabling of attributes and by default they will be included in
+    optional disabling of attributes. This is a security flaw. Therefore,
-    any output from the markdown filter - a warning is issued if this is the
+    ``django.contrib.markup`` has dropped support for versions of
-    case.
+    Python-Markdown < 2.1 in Django 1.5.