id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc	stage	has_patch	needs_docs	needs_tests	needs_better_patch	easy	ui_ux
17764	Documentation out-of-date: django.contrib.auth.utils no longer exists.	Michael B. Trausch	Paul McMillan	"https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/auth/ in the “Manually managing a user’s password” section, a reference is made to the django.contrib.auth.utils module, but this module does not exist.  It was created in response to #14390 in SVN r16456 (or git a51a059899) in June 2011) but then six months later in SVN r17254 (or git 0516dc6741) it was moved to the django.contrib.auth.hashers module.

The documentation shows that this was added for “the development release”, which I assume means the Django 1.4 development cycle, so it should not affect older versions of Django or its documentation.

I _may_ be able to provide a simple patch in a git tree later, depending on how my schedule for today goes, but I wanted to get this reported so that it was known before the Django 1.4 series enters the next iteration of its release process.

I am marking this as a release blocker based on the rationale that:

 * this is not a regression and is a defect in documentation for the new release; and
 * it is a relatively easy defect to fix; and
 * the outdated documentation can easily cost someone an hour of time tracking down a “problem” that does not exist."	Bug	closed	Documentation	1.4-beta-1	Release blocker	fixed	authentication documentation  easy-pickings	mbt@…	Accepted	1	0	0	0	1	0