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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/ref/contrib/flatpages.txt | 12 |
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diff --git a/docs/ref/contrib/flatpages.txt b/docs/ref/contrib/flatpages.txt index 0411e8f93f..a99f75eb2d 100644 --- a/docs/ref/contrib/flatpages.txt +++ b/docs/ref/contrib/flatpages.txt @@ -77,6 +77,18 @@ does all of the work. :class:`~django.template.RequestContext` in rendering the template. + .. versionchanged:: 1.4 + The middleware will only add a trailing slash and redirect (by looking + at the :setting:`APPEND_SLASH` setting) if the resulting URL refers to + a valid flatpage. Previously requesting a non-existent flatpage + would redirect to the same URL with an apppended slash first and + subsequently raise a 404. + + .. versionchanged:: 1.4 + Redirects by the middlware are permanent (301 status code) instead of + temporary (302) to match behaviour of the + :class:`~django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware`. + If it doesn't find a match, the request continues to be processed as usual. The middleware only gets activated for 404s -- not for 500s or responses |