Hi, I also think a more specific documentation as to how to fix this issue is required.
I usually upgrade Django about 6 months after the initial major release, which is this month. But because of this issue I decided to wait 2 more months. Thanks, Uri. אורי u...@speedy.net On Wed, Oct 11, 2023 at 12:32 AM Michael <mangele...@titanarmor.com> wrote: > The release notes on https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/4.2.6/ > contain: > > > You may need to recreate indexes propagated to the database with Django > 4.2 - 4.2.5 as they contain unnecessary ::text casting that is avoided as > of this release. > > This doesn't give much context or give any guidance on how best to handle > this, whether Django could help, etc. > > It also doesn't clarify why this is a "may need to" situation. Were Django > versions 4.2-4.2.5 randomly doing this from time to time, or is this > actually "you definitely do need to" situation; or is only relevant in > specific scenarios? > > My immediate thought is that any indexes on non-text fields, created with > these versions, will be useless in ORM-based queries. If that's the case, > this seems like a much bigger deal than the footnote would imply. > > Thoughts on this? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django developers (Contributions to Django itself)" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to django-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-developers/e686415b-0c4b-4643-8d0f-707aa859992bn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-developers/e686415b-0c4b-4643-8d0f-707aa859992bn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers (Contributions to Django itself)" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to django-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-developers/CABD5YeGKoznt-svAZkc8kCXnJLQXT8qdUh5KxNpKrVMChDozwA%40mail.gmail.com.
