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Django 2.2.8 release notes
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*Expected December 2, 2019*

Django 2.2.8 fixes several bugs in 2.2.7 and adds compatibility with Python
3.8.

Bugfixes
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* Fixed a data loss possibility in the admin changelist view when a custom
  :ref:`formset's prefix <formset-prefix>` contains regular expression special
  characters, e.g. `'$'` (:ticket:`31031`).

* Fixed a regression in Django 2.2.1 that caused a crash when migrating
  permissions for proxy models with a multiple database setup if the
  ``default`` entry was empty (:ticket:`31021`).

* Fixed a data loss possibility in the
  :meth:`~django.db.models.query.QuerySet.select_for_update()`. When using
  ``'self'`` in the ``of`` argument with :ref:`multi-table inheritance
  <multi-table-inheritance>`, a parent model was locked instead of the
  queryset's model (:ticket:`30953`).