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diff --git a/docs/releases/1.4.txt b/docs/releases/1.4.txt index 10cbe3dba9..ea7038430c 100644 --- a/docs/releases/1.4.txt +++ b/docs/releases/1.4.txt @@ -953,3 +953,16 @@ Session cookies now include the ``httponly`` attribute by default to help reduce the impact of potential XSS attacks. For strict backwards compatibility, use ``SESSION_COOKIE_HTTPONLY = False`` in settings. +Wildcard expansion of application names in `INSTALLED_APPS` +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Until Django 1.3, :setting:`INSTALLED_APPS` accepted wildcards in application +names, like ``django.contrib.*``. The expansion was performed by a +filesystem-based implementation of ``from <package> import *``. Unfortunately, +`this can't be done reliably`_. + +This behavior was never documented. Since it is un-pythonic and not obviously +useful, it was removed in Django 1.4. If you relied on it, you must edit your +settings file to list all your applications explicitly. + +.. _this can't be done reliably: http://docs.python.org/tutorial/modules.html#importing-from-a-package |