fix force text enconding support for django 4

[diego1996]

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[manelclos]

Hi @diego1996 could you please remove the .idea files?

[diego1996]

Hi @diego1996 can you please remove the .idea files?

Yeah, I hadn't realised.

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Codecov Report

Merging #341 (dd911dd) into master (2cff847) will decrease coverage by 4.85%.
The diff coverage is 100.00%.

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- Hits          378      362      -16     
- Misses         60       82      +22     
- Partials       32       35       +3     

Impacted Files	Coverage Δ
smart_selects/form_fields.py	71.69% <100.00%> (-10.31%)	⬇️
smart_selects/utils.py	84.61% <100.00%> (-15.39%)	⬇️
smart_selects/widgets.py	63.53% <100.00%> (-2.76%)	⬇️
smart_selects/views.py	74.02% <0.00%> (-9.10%)	⬇️

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[manelclos]

Hi @diego1996,

I had no problems when including Django 4.0 in the tests matrix, see this PR for tests results: #322

Also, Django 4.0 is deprecating force_text, not force_str:
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.0/releases/4.0/#features-removed-in-4-0

Can you please elaborate on why this PR is needed?

[luzdealba]

Thanks for this patch, @diego1996!

This PR fixed a Django v4 deprecation issue for me; and it's also written in try/except block that keeps v3 backwards compatibility.

You should consider merging it to master.

Best.

[Blind-Watchmaker]

What is the status on this issue? I'm trying to migrate my project to Django 4.0 and django-smart-selects is the only package that is holding me back.

from django.utils.encoding import force_text
ImportError: cannot import name 'force_text' from 'django.utils.encoding'

[manelclos]

@Blind-Watchmaker according to test results Django main worked but all other versions failed. Patch needs to be adjusted.

[manelclos]

@diego1996 can you please fix the PR?

[manelclos]

@Blind-Watchmaker django-smart-selects 1.6.0 is out and features django 4.0 support. Please let me know if you test it. Thanks!

https://pypi.org/project/django-smart-selects/

[diego1996]

Hola chicos, perdon lo tarde, recien lo veo, que bueno que ya se halla solucionado el problema.

[diego1996]

Voy a declinar este PR