remove special-case imports for legacy versions

standardise use, or avoidance, of timezone, template from_string, and Context

helpdesk/forms.py

@@ -6,19 +6,16 @@ django-helpdesk - A Django powered ticket tracker for small enterprise.
 forms.py - Definitions of newforms-based forms for creating and maintaining
            tickets.
 """
+
+
 from django.core.exceptions import ObjectDoesNotExist
-
 from django.utils.six import StringIO
-
 from django import forms
 from django.forms import extras
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
-try:
 from django.utils import timezone
-except ImportError:
-    from datetime import datetime as timezone
 
 from helpdesk.lib import send_templated_mail, safe_template_context
 from helpdesk.models import (Ticket, Queue, FollowUp, Attachment, IgnoreEmail, TicketCC,

helpdesk/lib.py

@@ -57,21 +57,15 @@ def send_templated_mail(template_name,
         along with the File objects to be read. files can be blank.
 
     """
-    from django import VERSION
     from django.conf import settings
     from django.core.mail import EmailMultiAlternatives
-    from django.template import loader, Context
 
     from helpdesk.models import EmailTemplate
     from helpdesk.settings import HELPDESK_EMAIL_SUBJECT_TEMPLATE, \
         HELPDESK_EMAIL_FALLBACK_LOCALE
     import os
 
-    # RemovedInDjango110Warning: render() must be called with a dict, not a Context.
-    if VERSION >= (1, 8):
     context = email_context
-    else:
-        context = Context(email_context)
 
     if hasattr(context['queue'], 'locale'):
         locale = getattr(context['queue'], 'locale', '')
@@ -99,13 +93,8 @@ def send_templated_mail(template_name,
 
     footer_file = os.path.join('helpdesk', locale, 'email_text_footer.txt')
 
-    # get_template_from_string was removed in Django 1.8
-    # http://django.readthedocs.org/en/1.8.x/ref/templates/upgrading.html
-    try:
     from django.template import engines
     template_func = engines['django'].from_string
-    except ImportError:  # occurs in django < 1.8
-        template_func = loader.get_template_from_string
 
     text_part = template_func(
         "%s{%% include '%s' %%}" % (t.plain_text, footer_file)
@@ -119,16 +108,12 @@ def send_templated_mail(template_name,
         html_txt = html_txt.replace('\r\n', '<br>')
         context['comment'] = mark_safe(html_txt)
 
-    # get_template_from_string was removed in Django 1.8
-    # http://django.readthedocs.org/en/1.8.x/ref/templates/upgrading.html
     html_part = template_func(
         "{%% extends '%s' %%}{%% block title %%}"
         "%s"
         "{%% endblock %%}{%% block content %%}%s{%% endblock %%}" %
         (email_html_base_file, t.heading, t.html)).render(context)
 
-    # get_template_from_string was removed in Django 1.8
-    # http://django.readthedocs.org/en/1.8.x/ref/templates/upgrading.html
     subject_part = template_func(
         HELPDESK_EMAIL_SUBJECT_TEMPLATE % {
             "subject": t.subject,

helpdesk/management/commands/get_email.py

@@ -27,19 +27,13 @@ from optparse import make_option
 
 from email_reply_parser import EmailReplyParser
 
-from django import VERSION
 from django.core.files.base import ContentFile
 from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
 from django.db.models import Q
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
-from django.utils import six
+from django.utils import six, timezone
+
 from helpdesk import settings
-
-try:
-    from django.utils import timezone
-except ImportError:
-    from datetime import datetime as timezone
-
 from helpdesk.lib import send_templated_mail, safe_template_context
 from helpdesk.models import Queue, Ticket, FollowUp, Attachment, IgnoreEmail
 

helpdesk/models.py

@@ -13,14 +13,10 @@ from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
 from django.core.exceptions import ObjectDoesNotExist
 from django.db import models
 from django.conf import settings
+from django.utils import timezone
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _, ugettext
 from django.utils.encoding import python_2_unicode_compatible
 
-try:
-    from django.utils import timezone
-except ImportError:
-    from datetime import datetime as timezone
-
 
 @python_2_unicode_compatible
 class Queue(models.Model):

helpdesk/views/staff.py

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ views/staff.py - The bulk of the application - provides most business logic and
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 
-from django import VERSION
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
 from django.contrib.auth.decorators import user_passes_test
@@ -24,11 +23,7 @@ from django.utils.dates import MONTHS_3
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
 from django.utils.html import escape
 from django import forms
-
-try:
 from django.utils import timezone
-except ImportError:
-    from datetime import datetime as timezone
 
 from helpdesk.forms import (
     TicketForm, UserSettingsForm, EmailIgnoreForm, EditTicketForm, TicketCCForm,
@@ -407,25 +402,14 @@ def update_ticket(request, ticket_id, public=False):
 
     # We need to allow the 'ticket' and 'queue' contexts to be applied to the
     # comment.
-    from django.template import loader, Context
     context = safe_template_context(ticket)
+
     # this line sometimes creates problems if code is sent as a comment.
     # if comment contains some django code, like "why does {% if bla %} crash",
     # then the following line will give us a crash, since django expects {% if %}
     # to be closed with an {% endif %} tag.
-
-    # get_template_from_string was removed in Django 1.8
-    # http://django.readthedocs.org/en/1.8.x/ref/templates/upgrading.html
-    try:
     from django.template import engines
     template_func = engines['django'].from_string
-    except ImportError:  # occurs in django < 1.8
-        template_func = loader.get_template_from_string
-
-    # RemovedInDjango110Warning: render() must be called with a dict, not a Context.
-    if VERSION < (1, 8):
-        context = Context(context)
-
     comment = template_func(comment).render(context)
 
     if owner is -1 and ticket.assigned_to: