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@@ -178,6 +178,15 @@ Sitemap class reference
representing the last-modified date/time for *every* object returned by
:attr:`~Sitemap.items()`.
+ .. versionadded:: 1.7
+
+ If all items in a sitemap have a :attr:`~Sitemap.lastmod`, the sitemap
+ generated by :func:`views.sitemap` will have a ``Last-Modified``
+ header equal to the latest ``lastmod``. You can activate the
+ :class:`~django.middleware.http.ConditionalGetMiddleware` to make
+ Django respond appropriately to requests with an ``If-Modified-Since``
+ header which will prevent sending the sitemap if it hasn't changed.
+
.. attribute:: Sitemap.changefreq
**Optional.** Either a method or attribute.