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33263	DeleteView in Django4.0 does not call .delete() method	Eugene Prikazchikov	Mariusz Felisiak	"I am giving a try to Django 4.0 on one of my projects and I see that DeleteView.post does not call .delete() method anymore. 

I understand that it was introduced when implementing the ticket https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/21936
particularly this line https://github.com/django/django/commit/3a45fea0832c5910acee6e0d29f230f347a50462#diff-bf5815bb9e60d6b9f1a261957863a70cc9ad03efdbd7941c0e1659b7ceb2895fR250

Some codebases in the wild might assume that .delete() method get always called when DeleteView performs a deletion. I.e. .delete() method can be seen not just as a handler for DELETE http method, but as part of public interface of DeleteView - a place to specify what happens on object deletion. For example, in my project I often override .delete() method to do extra work - to make external API call or add a flash message, etc. With Django4.0 it isn't working anymore.

If it is a bug - here is my attempt with test and fix for it - https://github.com/django/django/pull/15055 
If it is not a bug but intended behavior - perhaps it should be more clearly documented, since it might break backwards compatibility for some codebases.

"	Bug	closed	Generic views	4.0	Release blocker	fixed			Accepted	1	0	0	0	0	0