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wagtail/docs/releases/4.2.md
Jake Howard c6afb0069d Performance docs - Mention the importance of passing request and current_site to get_url
- Co-authored-by: Andy Babic <ababic@users.noreply.github.com>
2022-10-28 06:24:38 +10:00

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Wagtail 4.2 release notes - IN DEVELOPMENT

Unreleased

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What's new

Other features

  • Add custom permissions section to permissions documentation page (Dan Hayden)
  • Wagtail's documentation (v2.9 to v4.0) has been updated on Dash user contributions for Dash or Zeal offline docs applications (Damilola Oladele, (Mary Ayobami)
  • Switch to using Willow instead of Pillow for images (Darrel O'Pry)
  • Add documentation for how to get started with contributing translations for the Wagtail admin (Ogunbanjo Oluwadamilare)
  • Test assertion WagtailPageTestCase.assertCanCreate now supports the kwarg publish=True to check publish redirection (Harry Percival, Akua Dokua Asiedu)
  • Upgrade to Node 18 for frontend build tooling (LB (Ben) Johnston)
  • Officially recommend fnm over nvm in development documentation (LB (Ben) Johnston)
  • Mention the importance of passing request and current_site to get_url on the performance documentation page (Jake Howard)

Bug fixes

  • Make sure workflow timeline icons are visible in high-contrast mode (Loveth Omokaro)
  • Ensure authentication forms (login, password reset) have a visible border in Windows high-contrast mode (Loveth Omokaro)
  • Ensure visual consistency between buttons and links as buttons in Windows high-contrast mode (Albina Starykova)
  • Ensure ChooserBlock.extract_references uses the model class, not the model string (Alex Tomkins)
  • Incorrectly formatted link in the documentation for Wagtail community support (Bolarinwa Comfort Ajayi)
  • Ensure logo shows correctly on log in page in Windows high-contrast mode (Loveth Omokaro)

Upgrade considerations

Wagtail-specific image field (WagtailImageField)

The AbstractImage and AbstractRendition models use a Wagtail-specific WagtailImageField which extends Django's ImageField to use Willow for image file handling. This will generate a new migration if you are using a custom image model