============================================ Django 2.0 release notes - UNDER DEVELOPMENT ============================================ Welcome to Django 2.0! These release notes cover the :ref:`new features `, as well as some :ref:`backwards incompatible changes ` you'll want to be aware of when upgrading from Django 1.11 or earlier. We've :ref:`dropped some features` that have reached the end of their deprecation cycle, and we've :ref:`begun the deprecation process for some features `. See the :doc:`/howto/upgrade-version` guide if you're updating an existing project. Python compatibility ==================== Django 2.0 supports Python 3.5+. Since Django 1.11, support for Python 2.7 and 3.4 is removed. We **highly recommend** and only officially support the latest release of each series. Third-party library support for older version of Django ======================================================= Following the release of Django 2.0, we suggest that third-party app authors drop support for all versions of Django prior to 1.11. At that time, you should be able run your package's tests using ``python -Wd`` so that deprecation warnings do appear. After making the deprecation warning fixes, your app should be compatible with Django 2.0. .. _whats-new-2.0: What's new in Django 2.0 ======================== Minor features -------------- :mod:`django.contrib.admin` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... :mod:`django.contrib.admindocs` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... :mod:`django.contrib.auth` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... :mod:`django.contrib.contenttypes` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... :mod:`django.contrib.gis` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... :mod:`django.contrib.messages` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... :mod:`django.contrib.postgres` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... :mod:`django.contrib.redirects` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... :mod:`django.contrib.sessions` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... :mod:`django.contrib.sitemaps` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... :mod:`django.contrib.sites` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... :mod:`django.contrib.staticfiles` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... :mod:`django.contrib.syndication` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... Cache ~~~~~ * ... CSRF ~~~~ * ... Database backends ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... Email ~~~~~ * ... File Storage ~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... File Uploads ~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... Forms ~~~~~ * ... Generic Views ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... Internationalization ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... Management Commands ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... Migrations ~~~~~~~~~~ * ... Models ~~~~~~ * ... Requests and Responses ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... Serialization ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ... Signals ~~~~~~~ * ... Templates ~~~~~~~~~ * ... Tests ~~~~~ * ... URLs ~~~~ * ... Validators ~~~~~~~~~~ * ... .. _backwards-incompatible-2.0: Backwards incompatible changes in 2.0 ===================================== Database backend API -------------------- * ... Miscellaneous ------------- * ... .. _deprecated-features-2.0: Features deprecated in 2.0 ========================== Miscellaneous ------------- * ... .. _removed-features-2.0: Features removed in 2.0 ======================= These features have reached the end of their deprecation cycle and are removed in Django 2.0. See :ref:`deprecated-features-1.9` and :ref:`deprecated-features-1.10` for details, including how to remove usage of these features. * The ``weak`` argument to ``django.dispatch.signals.Signal.disconnect()`` is removed. * ``django.db.backends.base.BaseDatabaseOperations.check_aggregate_support()`` is removed. * The ``django.forms.extras`` package is removed. * The ``assignment_tag`` helper is removed. * The ``host`` argument to ``SimpleTestCase.assertsRedirects()`` is removed. The compatibility layer which allows absolute URLs to be considered equal to relative ones when the path is identical is also removed. * ``Field.rel`` and ``Field.remote_field.to`` are removed. * The ``on_delete`` argument for ``ForeignKey`` and ``OneToOneField`` are now required. * ``django.db.models.fields.add_lazy_relation()`` is removed. * When time zone support is enabled, database backends that don't support time zones no longer convert aware datetimes to naive values in UTC anymore when such values are passed as parameters to SQL queries executed outside of the ORM, e.g. with ``cursor.execute()``. * ``django.contrib.auth.tests.utils.skipIfCustomUser()`` is removed. * The ``GeoManager`` and ``GeoQuerySet`` classes are removed. * The ``django.contrib.gis.geoip`` module is removed. * The ``supports_recursion`` check for template loaders is removed from: * ``django.template.engine.Engine.find_template()`` * ``django.template.loader_tags.ExtendsNode.find_template()`` * ``django.template.loaders.base.Loader.supports_recursion()`` * ``django.template.loaders.cached.Loader.supports_recursion()`` * The ``load_template`` and ``load_template_sources`` template loader methods are removed. * The ``template_dirs`` argument for template loaders is removed: * ``django.template.loaders.base.Loader.get_template()`` * ``django.template.loaders.cached.Loader.cache_key()`` * ``django.template.loaders.cached.Loader.get_template()`` * ``django.template.loaders.cached.Loader.get_template_sources()`` * ``django.template.loaders.filesystem.Loader.get_template_sources()`` * ``django.template.loaders.base.Loader.__call__()`` is removed. * Support for custom error views that don't accept an ``exception`` parameter is removed. * The ``mime_type`` attribute of ``django.utils.feedgenerator.Atom1Feed`` and ``django.utils.feedgenerator.RssFeed`` is removed. * The ``app_name`` argument to ``include()`` is removed. * Support for passing a 3-tuple as the first argument to ``include()`` is removed. * Support for setting a URL instance namespace without an application namespace is removed.