django/docs/releases/2.2.txt

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Django 2.2 release notes - UNDER DEVELOPMENT
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*Expected April 2019*

Welcome to Django 2.2!

These release notes cover the :ref:`new features <whats-new-2.2>`, as well as
some :ref:`backwards incompatible changes <backwards-incompatible-2.2>` you'll
want to be aware of when upgrading from Django 2.1 or earlier. We've
:ref:`begun the deprecation process for some features
<deprecated-features-2.2>`.

See the :doc:`/howto/upgrade-version` guide if you're updating an existing
project.

Django 2.2 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 1.11, will end in April 2020.

Python compatibility
====================

Django 2.2 supports Python 3.5, 3.6, and 3.7. We **highly recommend** and only
officially support the latest release of each series.

.. _whats-new-2.2:

What's new in Django 2.2
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Check Constraints
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The new :class:`~django.db.models.CheckConstraint` class enables adding custom
database constraints. Constraints are added to models using the
:attr:`Meta.constraints <django.db.models.Options.constraints>` option.

Minor features
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:mod:`django.contrib.admin`
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:mod:`django.contrib.admindocs`
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:mod:`django.contrib.auth`
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:mod:`django.contrib.contenttypes`
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:mod:`django.contrib.gis`
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* Added Oracle support for the
  :class:`~django.contrib.gis.db.models.functions.Envelope` function.

* Added SpatiaLite support for the :lookup:`coveredby` and :lookup:`covers`
  lookups.

:mod:`django.contrib.messages`
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* ...

:mod:`django.contrib.postgres`
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* The new ``ordering`` argument for
  :class:`~django.contrib.postgres.aggregates.ArrayAgg` and
  :class:`~django.contrib.postgres.aggregates.StringAgg` determines the
  ordering of the aggregated elements.

:mod:`django.contrib.redirects`
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* ...

:mod:`django.contrib.sessions`
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* ...

:mod:`django.contrib.sitemaps`
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* ...

:mod:`django.contrib.sites`
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* ...

:mod:`django.contrib.staticfiles`
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* Added path matching to the :option:`collectstatic --ignore` option so that
  patterns like ``/vendor/*.js`` can be used.

:mod:`django.contrib.syndication`
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* ...

Cache
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* ...

CSRF
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Database backends
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Email
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File Storage
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File Uploads
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Forms
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Generic Views
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Internationalization
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Management Commands
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Migrations
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Models
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* Added support for PostgreSQL operator classes (:attr:`.Index.opclasses`).

* Added many :ref:`math database functions <math-functions>`.

Requests and Responses
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Serialization
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* You can now deserialize data using natural keys containing :ref:`forward
  references <natural-keys-and-forward-references>` by passing
  ``handle_forward_references=True`` to ``serializers.deserialize()``.
  Additionally, :djadmin:`loaddata` handles forward references automatically.

Signals
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Templates
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Tests
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* The new :meth:`.SimpleTestCase.assertURLEqual` assertion checks for a given
  URL, ignoring the ordering of the query string.
  :meth:`~.SimpleTestCase.assertRedirects` uses the new assertion.

URLs
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* ...

Validators
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.. _backwards-incompatible-2.2:

Backwards incompatible changes in 2.2
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Database backend API
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* Third-party database backends must implement support for table check
  constraints or set ``DatabaseFeatures.supports_table_check_constraints`` to
  ``False``.

:mod:`django.contrib.gis`
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* Support for GDAL 1.9 and 1.10 is dropped.

Miscellaneous
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* On SQLite, ``PositiveIntegerField`` and ``PositiveSmallIntegerField`` now
  include a check constraint to prevent negative values in the database. If you
  have existing invalid data and run a migration that recreates a table, you'll
  see ``CHECK constraint failed``.

* For consistency with WSGI servers, the test client now sets the
  ``Content-Length`` header to a string rather than an integer.

.. _deprecated-features-2.2:

Features deprecated in 2.2
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Miscellaneous
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* ``django.utils.timezone.FixedOffset`` is deprecated in favor of
  :class:`datetime.timezone`.