Removed Django1.8 support

Author: Ross Mechanic

.travis.yml

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ python:
   - 3.6
 
 env:
-  - DJANGO="Django>=1.8,<1.9"
   - DJANGO="Django>=1.9,<1.10"
   - DJANGO="Django>=1.10,<1.11"
   - DJANGO="Django>=1.11,<1.12"

CHANGES.rst

@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 Changes
 =======
 
+Latest
+------
+- Dropped support for Django<=1.8
+
 1.9.1 (2018-03-30)
 ------------------
 - Use get_queryset rather than model.objects in history_view. (gh-303)

README.rst

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ django-simple-history
 
 django-simple-history stores Django model state on every create/update/delete.
 
-This app requires Django 1.8 or greater and Python 2.7, or 3.4 or greater.
+This app requires Django 1.9 or greater and Python 2.7, or 3.4 or greater.
 
 Getting Help
 ------------

runtests.py

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 import django
 from django.conf import settings
+from django.test.runner import DiscoverRunner
 
 sys.path.insert(0, abspath(dirname(__file__)))
 
@@ -59,17 +60,9 @@ def main():
 
     if not settings.configured:
         settings.configure(**DEFAULT_SETTINGS)
-    if hasattr(django, 'setup'):
-        django.setup()
-    try:
-        from django.test.runner import DiscoverRunner
-    except ImportError:
-        from django.test.simple import DjangoTestSuiteRunner
-        failures = DjangoTestSuiteRunner(failfast=False).run_tests(['tests'])
-        failures |= DjangoTestSuiteRunner(failfast=False).run_tests(['registry_tests'])
-    else:
-        failures = DiscoverRunner(failfast=False).run_tests(['simple_history.tests'])
-        failures |= DiscoverRunner(failfast=False).run_tests(['simple_history.registry_tests'])
+    django.setup()
+    failures = DiscoverRunner(failfast=False).run_tests(['simple_history.tests'])
+    failures |= DiscoverRunner(failfast=False).run_tests(['simple_history.registry_tests'])
     sys.exit(failures)
 
 

setup.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import simple_history
 
 tests_require = [
-    'Django>=1.8', 'WebTest==2.0.24', 'django-webtest==1.8.0', 'mock==1.0.1']
+    'Django>=1.9', 'WebTest==2.0.24', 'django-webtest==1.8.0', 'mock==1.0.1']
 
 setup(
     name='django-simple-history',
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
         "Environment :: Web Environment",
         "Intended Audience :: Developers",
         "Framework :: Django",
-        "Framework :: Django :: 1.8",
         "Framework :: Django :: 1.9",
         "Framework :: Django :: 1.10",
         "Framework :: Django :: 1.11",

simple_history/management/commands/populate_history.py

@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
-from optparse import make_option
-
-from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandError
 from django.apps import apps
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandError
 
-get_model = apps.get_model
-
-from ... import models
 from . import _populate_utils as utils
+from ... import models
+
+get_model = apps.get_model
 
 
 class Command(BaseCommand):
@@ -23,12 +21,6 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
     EXISTING_HISTORY_FOUND = "Existing history found, skipping model"
     INVALID_MODEL_ARG = "An invalid model was specified"
 
-    if hasattr(BaseCommand, 'option_list'):  # Django < 1.8
-        option_list = BaseCommand.option_list + (
-            make_option('--auto', action='store_true', dest='auto', default=False),
-            make_option('--batchsize', action='store', dest='batchsize', default=200, type=int),
-        )
-
     def add_arguments(self, parser):
         super(Command, self).add_arguments(parser)
         parser.add_argument('models', nargs='*', type=str)

simple_history/manager.py

@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ def get_queryset(self):
             key_name = self.instance._meta.pk.name
         return self.get_super_queryset().filter(**{key_name: self.instance.pk})
 
-    get_query_set = get_queryset
-
     def most_recent(self):
         """
         Returns the most recent copy of the instance available in the history.

simple_history/tests/tests/test_models.py

@@ -519,18 +519,12 @@ def test_invalid_bases(self):
 
     def test_import_related(self):
         field_object = HistoricalChoice._meta.get_field('poll')
-        try:
-            related_model = field_object.rel.related_model
-        except AttributeError:  # Django<1.8
-            related_model = field_object.related.model
+        related_model = field_object.rel.related_model
         self.assertEqual(related_model, HistoricalChoice)
 
     def test_string_related(self):
         field_object = HistoricalState._meta.get_field('library')
-        try:
-            related_model = field_object.rel.related_model
-        except AttributeError:  # Django<1.8
-            related_model = field_object.related.model
+        related_model = field_object.rel.related_model
         self.assertEqual(related_model, HistoricalState)
 
     def test_state_serialization_of_customfk(self):

tox.ini

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 [tox]
 envlist =
-    py{27,34,35}-django18,
     py{27,34,35}-django19,
     py{27,34,35,36}-django110,
     py{27,34,35,36}-django111,
@@ -29,7 +28,6 @@ commands = sphinx-build -W -b html -d {envtmpdir}/doctrees . {envtmpdir}/html
 [testenv]
 deps =
     coverage
-    django18: Django>=1.8,<1.9
     django19: Django>=1.9,<1.10
     django110: Django>=1.10,<1.11
     django111: Django>=1.11,<1.12