[1.7.x] Fixed #22477 -- Removed contrib middleware from the global settings defaults.

Also added a compatibility check for changed middleware defaults.

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/docs/ref/settings.txt b/docs/ref/settings.txt
index ac23194141..b4b432149b 100644
--- a/docs/ref/settings.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/settings.txt
@@ -1749,13 +1749,17 @@ MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES
 Default::
 
     ('django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
-     'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
-     'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
-     'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
-     'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',)
+     'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',)
 
 A tuple of middleware classes to use. See :doc:`/topics/http/middleware`.
 
+.. versionchanged:: 1.7
+
+    :class:`~django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware`,
+    :class:`~django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware`, and
+    :class:`~django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware` were removed
+    from this setting.
+
 .. setting:: MIGRATION_MODULES
 
 MIGRATION_MODULES