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@@ -280,6 +280,12 @@ CACHE_MIDDLEWARE_ANONYMOUS_ONLY
Default: ``False``
+.. deprecated:: 1.6
+
+ This setting was largely ineffective because of using cookies for sessions
+ and CSRF. See the :doc:`Django 1.6 release notes</releases/1.6>` for more
+ information.
+
If the value of this setting is ``True``, only anonymous requests (i.e., not
those made by a logged-in user) will be cached. Otherwise, the middleware
caches every page that doesn't have GET or POST parameters.
@@ -287,8 +293,6 @@ caches every page that doesn't have GET or POST parameters.
If you set the value of this setting to ``True``, you should make sure you've
activated ``AuthenticationMiddleware``.
-See :doc:`/topics/cache`.
-
.. setting:: CACHE_MIDDLEWARE_KEY_PREFIX
CACHE_MIDDLEWARE_KEY_PREFIX