Fixed #21829 -- Added default AppConfigs.

Thanks Russell for the report, Marc for the initial patch, Carl for the
final review, and everyone who contributed to the design discussion.

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/docs/releases/1.7.txt b/docs/releases/1.7.txt
index df115c6c15..684daa988c 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.7.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/1.7.txt
@@ -89,17 +89,14 @@ Improvements thus far include:
 * The name of applications can be customized in the admin with the
   :attr:`~django.apps.AppConfig.verbose_name` of application configurations.
 
+* The admin automatically calls :func:`~django.contrib.admin.autodiscover()`
+  when Django starts. You can consequently remove this line from your
+  URLconf.
+
 * Django imports all application configurations and models as soon as it
   starts, through a deterministic and straightforward process. This should
   make it easier to diagnose import issues such as import loops.
 
-* The admin has an :class:`~django.contrib.admin.apps.AdminConfig` application
-  configuration class. When Django starts, this class takes care of calling
-  :func:`~django.contrib.admin.autodiscover()`. To use it, simply replace
-  ``'django.contrib.admin'`` in :setting:`INSTALLED_APPS` with
-  ``'django.contrib.admin.apps.AdminConfig'`` and remove
-  ``admin.autodiscover()`` from your URLconf.
-
 New method on Field subclasses
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
@@ -698,6 +695,12 @@ regressions cannot be ruled out. You may encounter the following exceptions:
   results. The code will be executed when you first need its results. This
   concept is known as "lazy evaluation".
 
+* ``django.contrib.admin`` will now automatically perform autodiscovery of
+  ``admin`` modules in installed applications. To prevent it, change your
+  :setting:`INSTALLED_APPS` to contain
+  ``'django.contrib.admin.apps.SimpleAdminConfig'`` instead of
+  ``'django.contrib.admin'``.
+
 Standalone scripts
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^