Commit 5cd55140 authored by Tim Graham's avatar Tim Graham
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[1.8.x] Fixed #24503 -- Added docs on LANGUAGE_CODE fallback change in 1.8.

Thanks Pakal and Claude.

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@@ -1657,8 +1657,14 @@ It serves two purposes:

* If the locale middleware isn't in use, it decides which translation is served
  to all users.
* If the locale middleware is active, it provides the fallback translation when
  no translation exist for a given literal to the user's preferred language.
* If the locale middleware is active, it provides a fallback language in case the
  user's preferred language can't be determined or is not supported by the Web
  site. It also provides the fallback translation when a translation for a
  given literal doesn't exist for the user's preferred language.

.. versionchanged:: 1.8

    The fallback for translation literals was added.

See :ref:`how-django-discovers-language-preference` for more details.