Commit 7bbfc43e authored by Tim Graham's avatar Tim Graham
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[1.9.x] Refs #24971, #25356 -- Clarified how apps.py works in 1.9 release notes. 

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docs/ref/applications.txt

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introspection. That's why the application registry maintains metadata in an

:class:`~django.apps.AppConfig` instance for each installed application.



.. _configuring-applications-ref:



Configuring applications

========================

docs/releases/1.9.txt

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* The :djadmin:`createcachetable` command now has a ``--dry-run`` flag to

  print out the SQL rather than execute it.



* The :djadmin:`startapp` command creates an ``apps.py`` file.

* The :djadmin:`startapp` command creates an ``apps.py`` file. Since it doesn't

  use ``default_app_config`` (:ref:`a discouraged API

  <configuring-applications-ref>`), you must specify the app config's path,

  e.g. ``'polls.apps.PollsConfig'``, in :setting:`INSTALLED_APPS` for it to be

  used (instead of just ``'polls'``).



* When using the PostgreSQL backend, the :djadmin:`dbshell` command can connect

  to the database using the password from your settings file (instead of