From 39517438e0ed6c6fb2c72722e5adc42046320949 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Beaven Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 00:19:02 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Fixes #15588 -- 1.3 release documentation for FileField no longer deleting files unclear. Thanks for the patch, Philip Neustrom. git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@16205 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37 --- docs/releases/1.3.txt | 15 ++++++++------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/releases/1.3.txt b/docs/releases/1.3.txt index 7ddacd505582b..1982de34039ed 100644 --- a/docs/releases/1.3.txt +++ b/docs/releases/1.3.txt @@ -358,19 +358,20 @@ issues reported to us, however, query string lookup arguments in the admin must be for fields or relations specified in ``list_filter`` or ``date_hierarchy``. -FileField no longer deletes files -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +Deleting a model doesn't delete associated files +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In earlier Django versions, when a model instance containing a :class:`~django.db.models.FileField` was deleted, :class:`~django.db.models.FileField` took it upon itself to also delete the file from the backend storage. This opened the door to several data-loss scenarios, including rolled-back transactions and fields on different models -referencing the same file. In Django 1.3, :class:`~django.db.models.FileField` -will never delete files from the backend storage. If you need cleanup of -orphaned files, you'll need to handle it yourself (for instance, with a custom -management command that can be run manually or scheduled to run periodically -via e.g. cron). +referencing the same file. In Django 1.3, when a model is deleted the +:class:`~django.db.models.FileField`'s +:func:`~django.db.models.FileField.delete` method won't be called. If you +need cleanup of orphaned files, you'll need to handle it yourself (for +instance, with a custom management command that can be run manually or +scheduled to run periodically via e.g. cron). PasswordInput default rendering behavior ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~