============================================ Django 2.1 release notes - UNDER DEVELOPMENT ============================================ Welcome to Django 2.1! 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 2.0 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 2.1 supports Python 3.5, 3.6, and 3.7. Django 2.0 is the last version to support Python 3.4. We **highly recommend** and only officially support the latest release of each series. .. _whats-new-2.1: What's new in Django 2.1 ======================== 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-2.1: Backwards incompatible changes in 2.1 ===================================== Database backend API -------------------- * ... Dropped support for MySQL 5.5 ----------------------------- The end of upstream support for MySQL 5.5 is December 2018. Django 2.1 supports MySQL 5.6 and higher. Miscellaneous ------------- * ... .. _deprecated-features-2.1: Features deprecated in 2.1 ========================== Miscellaneous ------------- * ... .. _removed-features-2.1: Features removed in 2.1 ======================= These features have reached the end of their deprecation cycle and are removed in Django 2.1. See :ref:`deprecated-features-1.11` for details, including how to remove usage of these features. in Django 2.1. See :ref:`deprecated-features-1.11` and for details, including how to remove usage of these features. * ``contrib.auth.views.login()``, ``logout()``, ``password_change()``, ``password_change_done()``, ``password_reset()``, ``password_reset_done()``, ``password_reset_confirm()``, and ``password_reset_complete()`` are removed. * The ``extra_context`` parameter of ``contrib.auth.views.logout_then_login()`` is removed. * ``django.test.runner.setup_databases()`` is removed. * ``django.utils.translation.string_concat()`` is removed. * ``django.core.cache.backends.memcached.PyLibMCCache`` no longer supports passing ``pylibmc`` behavior settings as top-level attributes of ``OPTIONS``. * The ``host`` parameter of ``django.utils.http.is_safe_url()`` is removed. * Silencing of exceptions raised while rendering the ``{% include %}`` template tag is removed. * ``DatabaseIntrospection.get_indexes()`` is removed. * The ``authenticate()`` method of authentication backends requires ``request`` as the first positional argument. * The ``django.db.models.permalink()`` decorator is removed. * The ``USE_ETAGS`` setting is removed. ``CommonMiddleware`` and ``django.utils.cache.patch_response_headers()`` no longer set ETags. * The ``Model._meta.has_auto_field`` attribute is removed. * Support for regular expression groups with ``iLmsu#`` in ``url()`` is removed. * Support for ``Widget.render()`` methods without the ``renderer`` argument is removed.