[Python-modules-team] Bug#686104: python-django-registration: Not compatible with, Django 1.4.

[Raphael Hertzog]

Hi,

On Fri, 31 Aug 2012, Winfried Tilanus wrote:
> So lets get back to the original issue: the changelog mentions fixed
> compatibility issues with Django 1.4:
> https://bitbucket.org/ubernostrum/django-registration/src/2d6fcc0c55d0/CHANGELOG
> 
> It is for sure referring to this commit:
> https://bitbucket.org/ubernostrum/django-registration/changeset/b79f9f2cf3c9f246d68a0e5d3b9e75ab0c1b20c6
> 
> I have seen one bug report about this causing problems:
> http://spottedsun.com/django-registration-activation-error-for-django-1-4/

Thanks, this makes sense since the Django 1.4 changed the model for
date and time to include a timezone. So that's a severe regression
caused by Django 1.4 (failing while checking if the activation key expired
or not).

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.4/releases/1.4/#support-for-time-zones
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.4/topics/i18n/timezones/#time-zones-migration-guide

Cheers,
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