Added "Features removed in 1.8" section to release notes.

2.0

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See the :ref:`Django 1.8 release notes<deprecated-features-1.8>` for more

details on these changes.

* ``cycle`` and ``firstof`` template tags will be removed from the ``future``

  template tag library (used during the 1.6/1.7 deprecation period).

These release notes cover the `new features`_, as well as some `backwards

incompatible changes`_ you'll want to be aware of when upgrading from Django

1.6 or older versions. We've also dropped some features, which are detailed in

:ref:`our deprecation plan <deprecation-removed-in-1.8>`, and we've `begun the

deprecation process for some features`_.

1.6 or older versions. We've also `begun the deprecation process for some

features`_, and some features have reached the end of their deprecation process

and `have been removed`_.

.. _`new features`: `What's new in Django 1.8`_

.. _`backwards incompatible changes`: `Backwards incompatible changes in 1.8`_

.. _`begun the deprecation process for some features`: `Features deprecated in 1.8`_

.. _`have been removed`: `Features removed in 1.8`_

Python compatibility

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

:func:`~django.test.modify_settings` now act at the class level when used as

class decorators. As a consequence, when overriding ``setUpClass()`` or

``tearDownClass()``, the ``super`` implementation should always be called.

.. removed-features-1.8:

Features removed in 1.8

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

These features have reached the end of their deprecation cycle and so have been

removed in Django 1.8 (please see the :ref:`deprecation timeline

<deprecation-removed-in-1.8>` for more details):

* ``django.contrib.comments`` is removed.

* The following transaction management APIs are removed:

  - ``TransactionMiddleware``

  - the decorators and context managers ``autocommit``, ``commit_on_success``,

    and ``commit_manually``, defined in ``django.db.transaction``

  - the functions ``commit_unless_managed`` and ``rollback_unless_managed``,

    also defined in ``django.db.transaction``

  - the ``TRANSACTIONS_MANAGED`` setting

* The :ttag:`cycle` and :ttag:`firstof` template tags auto-escape their

  arguments.

* The ``SEND_BROKEN_LINK_EMAILS`` setting is removed.

* ``django.middleware.doc.XViewMiddleware`` is removed.

* The ``Model._meta.module_name`` alias is removed.

* The backward compatible shims introduced to rename ``get_query_set``

  and similar queryset methods are removed. This affects the following classes:

  ``BaseModelAdmin``, ``ChangeList``, ``BaseCommentNode``,

  ``GenericForeignKey``, ``Manager``, ``SingleRelatedObjectDescriptor`` and

  ``ReverseSingleRelatedObjectDescriptor``.

* The backward compatible shims introduced to rename the attributes

  ``ChangeList.root_query_set`` and ``ChangeList.query_set`` are removed.

* ``django.views.defaults.shortcut`` and ``django.conf.urls.shortcut`` are

  removed.

* Support for the Python Imaging Library (PIL) module is removed.

* The following private APIs are removed:

  - ``django.db.backend``

  - ``django.db.close_connection()``

  - ``django.db.backends.creation.BaseDatabaseCreation.set_autocommit()``

  - ``django.db.transaction.is_managed()``

  - ``django.db.transaction.managed()``

* ``django.forms.widgets.RadioInput`` is removed.

* The module ``django.test.simple`` and the class

  ``django.test.simple.DjangoTestSuiteRunner`` are removed.

* The module ``django.test._doctest`` is removed.

* The ``CACHE_MIDDLEWARE_ANONYMOUS_ONLY`` setting is removed.

* Usage of the hard-coded *Hold down "Control", or "Command" on a Mac, to select

  more than one.* string to override or append to user-provided ``help_text`` in

  forms for ``ManyToMany`` model fields is not be performed by Django anymore

  either at the model or forms layer.

* The ``Model._meta.get_(add|change|delete)_permission`` methods are removed.

* The session key ``django_language`` is no longer read for backwards

  compatibility.

* Geographic Sitemaps are removed

  (``django.contrib.gis.sitemaps.views.index`` and

  ``django.contrib.gis.sitemaps.views.sitemap``).

* ``django.utils.html.fix_ampersands``, the ``fix_ampersands`` template filter,

  and ``django.utils.html.clean_html`` are removed.