Commit 2f18d8b4 authored by Jacob Kaplan-Moss's avatar Jacob Kaplan-Moss
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Added 1.4 alpha release notes. 

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@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ incompatible changes`_. There are also some features that have been dropped, 
which are detailed in :doc:`our deprecation plan </internals/deprecation>`, and

we've `begun the deprecation process for some features`_.







.. _new features: `What's new in Django 1.4`_

.. _backwards incompatible changes: backwards-incompatible-changes-1.4_

.. _begun the deprecation process for some features: deprecated-features-1.4_
@@ -101,23 +99,6 @@ compatibility with older browsers, this change means that you can use any HTML5 
features you need in admin pages without having to lose HTML validity or

override the provided templates to change the doctype.



Supported browsers for the admin

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



Django hasn't had a clear policy on which browsers are supported for using the

admin app. Django's new policy formalizes existing practices: `YUI's A-grade`_

browsers should provide a fully-functional admin experience, with the notable

exception of IE6, which is no longer supported.



Released over ten years ago, IE6 imposes many limitations on modern web

development. The practical implications of this policy are that contributors

are free to improve the admin without consideration for these limitations.



This new policy **has no impact** on development outside of the admin. Users of

Django are free to develop webapps compatible with any range of browsers.



.. _YUI's A-grade: http://yuilibrary.com/yui/docs/tutorials/gbs/



List filters in admin interface

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@@ -558,6 +539,23 @@ In case your ``ADMIN_MEDIA_PREFIX`` is set to an own domain (e.g. 
    that path. The files were moved from :file:`django/contrib/admin/media/`

    to :file:`django/contrib/admin/static/admin/`.



Supported browsers for the admin

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



Django hasn't had a clear policy on which browsers are supported for using the

admin app. Django's new policy formalizes existing practices: `YUI's A-grade`_

browsers should provide a fully-functional admin experience, with the notable

exception of IE6, which is no longer supported.



Released over ten years ago, IE6 imposes many limitations on modern web

development. The practical implications of this policy are that contributors

are free to improve the admin without consideration for these limitations.



This new policy **has no impact** on development outside of the admin. Users of

Django are free to develop webapps compatible with any range of browsers.



.. _YUI's A-grade: http://yuilibrary.com/yui/docs/tutorials/gbs/



Removed admin icons

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docs/releases/index.txt

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.. toctree::

   :maxdepth: 1



   1.4-alpha-1

   1.3-beta-1

   1.3-alpha-1

   1.2-rc-1