Commit c58a98cc authored by Jacob Kaplan-Moss's avatar Jacob Kaplan-Moss
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Updated 1.6.2 release notes for release (and linkified tickets).

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Django 1.6.2 release notes
==========================

*Under development*
*February 6, 2014*

This is Django 1.6.2, a bugfix release for Django 1.6.

Django's vendored version of six, :mod:`django.utils.six` has been upgraded to
the latest release (1.5.2).

Bug fixes
=========
This is Django 1.6.2, a bugfix release for Django 1.6. Django 1.6.2 fixes
several bugs in 1.6.1:

* Prevented the base geometry object of a prepared geometry to be garbage
  collected, which could lead to crash Django (#21662).
  collected, which could lead to crash Django
  (`#21662 <http://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/21662>`_).

* Fixed a crash when executing the :djadmin:`changepassword` command when the
  user object representation contained non-ASCII characters (#21627).
  user object representation contained non-ASCII characters
  (`#21627 <http://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/21627>`_).

* The :djadmin:`collectstatic` command will raise an error rather than
  default to using the current working directory if :setting:`STATIC_ROOT` is
  not set. Combined with the ``--clear`` option, the previous behavior could
  wipe anything below the current working directory (#21581).
  wipe anything below the current working directory
  (`#21581 <http://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/21581>`_).

* Fixed mail encoding on Python 3.3.3+ (#21093).
* Fixed mail encoding on Python 3.3.3+
  (`#21093 <http://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/21093>`_).

* Fixed an issue where when
  ``settings.DATABASES['default']['AUTOCOMMIT'] = False``, the connection
  wasn't in autocommit mode but Django pretended it was.

* Fixed a regression in multiple-table inheritance ``exclude()`` queries
  (#21787).
  (`#21787 <http://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/21787>`_).

* Added missing items to ``django.utils.timezone.__all__`` (#21880).
* Added missing items to ``django.utils.timezone.__all__``
  (`#21880 <http://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/21880>`_).

* Fixed a field misalignment issue with ``select_related()`` and model
  inheritance (#21413).
  inheritance
  (`#21413 <http://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/21413>`_).

* Fixed join promotion for negated ``AND`` conditions (#21748).
* Fixed join promotion for negated ``AND`` conditions
  (`#21748 <http://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/21748>`_).

* Oracle database introspection now works with boolean and float fields
  (#19884).
  (`#19884 <http://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/19884>`_).

* Fixed an issue where lazy objects weren't actually marked as safe when passed
  through :func:`~django.utils.safestring.mark_safe` and could end up being
  double-escaped (#21882).
  double-escaped (`#21882 <http://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/21882>`_).

Additionally, Django's vendored version of six, :mod:`django.utils.six` has been
upgraded to the latest release (1.5.2).