From 51a519e8a1eefaae53d5f5fed467e8dc9c65c813 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: LB Johnston Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2022 12:16:44 +1000 Subject: [PATCH] update release notes with Hallo removal - resolves #6228 --- docs/releases/2.17.md | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/releases/2.17.md b/docs/releases/2.17.md index 2b941651c51a..419314467d02 100644 --- a/docs/releases/2.17.md +++ b/docs/releases/2.17.md @@ -57,3 +57,10 @@ Here are other changes related to the redesign: * The default empty value for the field has been changed from `""` to `{}`. * This change also affects `BaseLogEntry` subclasses, i.e. `PageLogEntry` and `ModelLogEntry`. * If you have a large number of objects for these models, running the migrations might take a while. + +### Hallo legacy rich text editor has moved to an external package + +* Hallo was deprecated in [Wagtail v2.0 (February 2018)](https://docs.wagtail.org/en/stable/releases/2.0.html#new-rich-text-editor) and has had only a minimal level of support since then. +* If you still require Hallo for your Wagtail installation, you will need to install the [Wagtail Hallo editor](https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail-hallo) legacy package. +* We encourage all users of the Hallo editor to take steps to migrate to the new Draftail editor as this external package is unlikely to have ongoing maintenance. +* `window.registerHalloPlugin` will no longer be created on the page editor load, unless the legacy package is installed.