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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/ref/contrib/admin/index.txt | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/releases/1.3-alpha-2.txt | 17 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/releases/1.3.txt | 17 |
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diff --git a/docs/ref/contrib/admin/index.txt b/docs/ref/contrib/admin/index.txt index 89478df65b..15a5ba2c55 100644 --- a/docs/ref/contrib/admin/index.txt +++ b/docs/ref/contrib/admin/index.txt @@ -1459,6 +1459,13 @@ Path to a custom template that will be used by the admin site main index view. Path to a custom template that will be used by the admin site login view. +.. versionadded:: 1.3 + +.. attribute:: AdminSite.login_form + +Subclass of :class:`~django.contrib.auth.forms.AuthenticationForm` that will +be used by the admin site login view. + .. attribute:: AdminSite.logout_template .. versionadded:: 1.2 diff --git a/docs/releases/1.3-alpha-2.txt b/docs/releases/1.3-alpha-2.txt index 3403c6e8d9..0572bc14df 100644 --- a/docs/releases/1.3-alpha-2.txt +++ b/docs/releases/1.3-alpha-2.txt @@ -95,6 +95,23 @@ As a result, we took the following steps to rectify the issue: **if the value is not None**, and falls back to the previously used :setting:`MEDIA_URL` setting otherwise. +Changes to the login methods of the admin +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +In previous version the admin app defined login methods in multiple locations +and ignored the almost identical implementation in the already used auth app. +A side effect of this duplication was the missing adoption of the changes made +in r12634_ to support a broader set of characters for usernames. + +This release refactores the admin's login mechanism to use a subclass of the +:class:`~django.contrib.auth.forms.AuthenticationForm` instead of a manual +form validation. The previously undocumented method +``'django.contrib.admin.sites.AdminSite.display_login_form'`` has been removed +in favor of a new :attr:`~django.contrib.admin.AdminSite.login_form` +attribute. + +.. _r12634: http://code.djangoproject.com/changeset/12634 + The Django 1.3 roadmap ====================== diff --git a/docs/releases/1.3.txt b/docs/releases/1.3.txt index 1dc6870496..4e01fca972 100644 --- a/docs/releases/1.3.txt +++ b/docs/releases/1.3.txt @@ -424,3 +424,20 @@ Django 1.5, the old behavior will be replaced with the new behavior. To ensure compatibility with future versions of Django, existing templates should be modified to use the new ``future`` libraries and syntax. + +Changes to the login methods of the admin +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +In previous version the admin app defined login methods in multiple locations +and ignored the almost identical implementation in the already used auth app. +A side effect of this duplication was the missing adoption of the changes made +in r12634_ to support a broader set of characters for usernames. + +This release refactores the admin's login mechanism to use a subclass of the +:class:`~django.contrib.auth.forms.AuthenticationForm` instead of a manual +form validation. The previously undocumented method +``'django.contrib.admin.sites.AdminSite.display_login_form'`` has been removed +in favor of a new :attr:`~django.contrib.admin.AdminSite.login_form` +attribute. + +.. _r12634: http://code.djangoproject.com/changeset/12634 |