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Django 1.9.8 release notes
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*Under development*

Django 1.9.8 fixes several bugs in 1.9.7.

Bugfixes
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* Fixed missing ``varchar/text_pattern_ops`` index on ``CharField`` and
  ``TextField`` respectively when using ``AddField`` on PostgreSQL
  (:ticket:`26889`).

* Fixed ``makemessages`` crash on Python 2 with non-ASCII file names
  (:ticket:`26897`).
