Opened 11 years ago

Closed 11 years ago

Last modified 10 years ago

#20418 closed Bug (fixed)

django.contrib.sessions not needed when using cookie-session-backend

Reported by: ivan@… Owned by: Neven Munđar
Component: Documentation Version: dev
Severity: Normal Keywords: session
Cc: Triage Stage: Accepted
Has patch: no Needs documentation: yes
Needs tests: no Patch needs improvement: no
Easy pickings: yes UI/UX: no

Description

The documentation says nothing about that you don't need the app django.contrib.sessions when using cookie-session-backend. The docs says only that you need it in some cases, and that you can remove it if you don't need sessions at all.

Change History (8)

comment:1 by Simon Charette, 11 years ago

Related to #7836.

comment:2 by Russell Keith-Magee, 11 years ago

Needs documentation: set
Triage Stage: Unreviewed → Accepted

comment:3 by Neven Munđar, 11 years ago

Owner: changed from nobody to Neven Munđar
Status: new → assigned

comment:4 by Neven Munđar, 11 years ago

Documentation update is available from this branch: ​https://github.com/nmundar/django/tree/ticket_20418

Version 0, edited 11 years ago by Neven Munđar (next)

comment:5 by Tim Graham, 11 years ago

Resolution: → fixed
Status: assigned → closed

Merged in [d9c01da1]

In the future, please following the commit message guidelines ("Fixed #XXXXXX -- Commit description") so that the ticket will automatically be closed when the pull request is merged.
​https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/internals/contributing/committing-code/#committing-guidelines

comment:6 by Tim Graham <timograham@…>, 10 years ago

In 3a85aae2eacae836e2a92de77615569883b81932:

Revert "Improve cookie based session backend docs." refs #20418

This reverts commit d9c01da1f8ba3d4e0947fd1d619c8f4a9b013360.

This is poor advice as it breaks the test client login (refs #22934).
We can add a note like this back after refs #22986 is resolved.

comment:7 by Tim Graham <timograham@…>, 10 years ago

In a3d710a38f1fab5e092cef7a17826674a00e70ea:

[1.7.x] Revert "Improve cookie based session backend docs." refs #20418

This reverts commit d9c01da1f8ba3d4e0947fd1d619c8f4a9b013360.

This is poor advice as it breaks the test client login (refs #22934).
We can add a note like this back after refs #22986 is resolved.

Backport of 3a85aae2ea from master

comment:8 by Tim Graham <timograham@…>, 10 years ago

In f3bdb83ba58a696c0696d8a6706d2c44a00da68a:

[1.6.x] Revert "Improve cookie based session backend docs." refs #20418

This reverts commit d9c01da1f8ba3d4e0947fd1d619c8f4a9b013360.

This is poor advice as it breaks the test client login (refs #22934).
We can add a note like this back after refs #22986 is resolved.

Backport of 3a85aae2ea from master

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