============================================= Django 1.11 release notes - UNDER DEVELOPMENT ============================================= Welcome to Django 1.11! These release notes cover the `new features`_, as well as some `backwards incompatible changes`_ you'll want to be aware of when upgrading from Django 1.10 or older versions. We've `begun the deprecation process for some features`_. .. _`new features`: `What's new in Django 1.11`_ .. _`backwards incompatible changes`: `Backwards incompatible changes in 1.11`_ .. _`begun the deprecation process for some features`: `Features deprecated in 1.11`_ Django 1.11 is designated as a :term:`long-term support release`. It will receive security updates for at least three years after its release. Support for the previous LTS, Django 1.8, will end 6 months after the release date of Django 1.11. Python compatibility ==================== Like Django 1.10, Django 1.11 requires Python 2.7, 3.4, or 3.5. We **highly recommend** and only officially support the latest release of each series. The Django 1.11.x series is the last to support Python 2. The next major release, Django 2.0, will only support Python 3.5+. What's new in Django 1.11 ========================= 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 changes in 1.11 ====================================== Database backend API -------------------- * ... Miscellaneous ------------- * ... .. _deprecated-features-1.11: Features deprecated in 1.11 =========================== Miscellaneous ------------- * ...