Changelog/release note for #1120

CHANGELOG.txt

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ Changelog
  * Date / time pickers now consistently use times without seconds, to prevent Javascript behaviour glitches when focusing / unfocusing fields
  * Added hooks `register_rich_text_embed_handler` and `register_rich_text_link_handler` for customising link / embed handling within rich text fields
  * Added hook `construct_homepage_summary_items` for customising the site summary panel on the admin homepage
+ * No longer automatically tries to use Celery for sending notification emails
 
 
 0.8.6 (10.03.2015)

docs/releases/1.0.rst

@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ Project template
 
  * The Vagrantfile now listens on port 8000
  * Removed ``LOGIN_URL`` and ``LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL`` settings (as Wagtail no longer requires these)
+ * Removed example Celery configuration from ``production.py`` and ``requirements.txt``
 
 
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@@ -123,6 +124,17 @@ It is no longer necessary to pass the base model as a parameter, so this declara
 
 The old format is now deprecated; all existing ``InlinePanel`` declarations should be updated to the new format.
 
+Celery no longer automatically used for sending notification emails
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+
+Previously, Wagtail would try to use Celery whenever the ``djcelery`` module was
+installed, even if Celery wasn't actually set up. This could cause a very hard
+to track down problem where notification emails would not be sent so this 
+functionality has now been removed.
+
+If you would like to keep using Celery for sending notification emails, have a
+look at: `django-celery-email <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/django-celery-email>`_
+
 You no longer need ``LOGIN_URL`` and ``LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL`` to point to Wagtail admin.
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