RemovedInDjango40Warning: force_text() is deprecated in favor of force_str().

[gh640]

This warning is printed on Django 3.1.

/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/compressor/cache.py:29: 
RemovedInDjango40Warning: force_text() is deprecated in favor of force_str().
    return 'django_compressor.%s' % force_text(key)

[gh640]

Sorry, this was already fixed with #988 .

[Steckelfisch]

But it has missed the 2.4.1 release. !t seems.

[diox]

2.4.1 was branched off 2.4.0, so that's expected. 3.0 will fix this when this is released, in the meantime you can help by testing the develop branch.

[Steckelfisch]

Ok. Thanks. will do

[nijel]

Any plans to release this fix? Django 4.0 removes force_text and Django 4.0 alpha 1 is now out, so people will be running into this:

django.template.library.InvalidTemplateLibrary: Invalid template library specified. ImportError raised when trying to load 'compressor.templatetags.compress': cannot import name 'force_text' from 'django.utils.encoding' (/opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.9.7/x64/lib/python3.9/site-packages/django/utils/encoding.py)

[diox]

You can help test the develop branch against Django 4.0 alpha 1 and report back, or help fix #1060 so that I can release 3.0, which would contain the fix for this issue.

[carltongibson]

I've added testing against 4.0a1 in #1072 — there's a couple of unrelated failures, but it's generally green.

[nijel]

I've added develop branch to our CI where we test against Django pre-releases, that should give it some testing as well.

[sumanthratna]

Sorry to bump an old thread, but when is the ETA for django-compressor 3.0? Django 4.0 was just realized but unfortunately, it can't be used with django-compressor because of the force_text error.

Happy to try and help with any minor remaining bug fixes.

[tomwojcik]

@sumanthratna for the time being install django_compressor with

git+git://github.com/django-compressor/django-compressor.git@ce972890f017a363c63bf41ab24a923b493ae97a

As Carl mentioned in another ticket, it should be released within a week.

[carltongibson]

Yep. It's all done bar the administration for the release. It's coming. Installing from GitHub will have to do you if you can't wait a few days.