Refs -- Expanded release notes for DeleteView adopting FormMixin.
@@ -273,6 +273,10 @@ Generic Views
deletion. In addition, this allows ``DeleteView`` to function with
:class:`django.contrib.messages.views.SuccessMessageMixin`.
+ In accordance with ``FormMixin``, object deletion for POST requests is
+ handled in ``form_valid()``. Custom delete logic in ``delete()`` handlers
+ should be moved to ``form_valid()``, or a shared helper method, as needed.
+
Logging
~~~~~~~
@@ -477,6 +481,14 @@ As a side-effect, running ``makemigrations`` might generate no-op
``AlterField`` operations for ``ManyToManyField`` and ``ForeignKey`` fields in
some cases.
+``DeleteView`` changes
+----------------------
+
+:class:`~django.views.generic.edit.DeleteView` now uses
+:class:`~django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin` to handle POST requests. As a
+consequence, any custom deletion logic in ``delete()`` handlers should be
+moved to ``form_valid()``, or a shared helper method, if required.
+
Miscellaneous
-------------
