django.conf.urls.defaults is deprecated in Django 1.4, removed in Django 1.6

[gavinwahl]

The functions in django.conf.urls.defaults were moved to django.conf.urls with a deprecation warning (https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.4/releases/1.4/#django-conf-urls-defaults). In the django development version, the module is removed completely.

This presents a problem with supporting 1.3 and 1.6 -- the same import can not be used in both versions. I'd like to be able to use mezzanine with 1.6, so how about something like this:

try:
    from django.conf.urls.defaults import patterns, include, url
except ImportError
    from django.conf.urls import patterns, include, url

This would work on Django 1.3-1.6. If this solution works for you, I am happy to write the patch.

[stephenmcd]

Thanks Gavin. Once Django 1.5 is out, we'll drop support for Django 1.3, so then we can just use the new format explicitly.

I don't think 1.5 is far off so not much point in using both until then I think.

Let's leave this issue open anyway until we've updated to the new format.

[ghost]

Django 1.5 is now out ;)

[ghost]

If you want Django 1.3-1.6 support, use rather: (no warning on Django >= 1.5)

try:
    from django.conf.urls import patterns, url
except ImportError:
    from django.conf.urls.defaults import patterns, url

[stephenmcd]

Nope we'll still definitely drop 1.3 asap, so we can do this now.