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diff --git a/docs/releases/1.3.txt b/docs/releases/1.3.txt index bb71b0cf68..d681c4dbd3 100644 --- a/docs/releases/1.3.txt +++ b/docs/releases/1.3.txt @@ -56,6 +56,29 @@ you just won't get any of the nice new unittest2 features. .. _unittest2: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/unittest2 +Everything else +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Django :doc:`1.1 <1.1>` and :doc:`1.2 <1.2>` added +lots of big ticket items to Django, like multiple-database support, +model validation, and a session-based messages framework. However, +this focus on big features came at the cost of lots of smaller +features. + +To compensate for this, the focus of the Django 1.3 development +process has been on adding lots of smaller, long standing feature +requests. These include: + + * Improved tools for accessing and manipulating the current Site. + + * A :class:`~django.test.client.RequestFactory` for mocking + requests in tests. + + * A new test assertion -- + :meth:`~django.test.client.Client.assertNumQueries` -- making it + easier to test the database activity associated with a view. + + .. _backwards-incompatible-changes-1.3: Backwards-incompatible changes in 1.3 |