Triaged
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https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/25956 - Unexpected fake_initial keyword thrown on migration (invalid)
https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/25913 - --fake-initial not working with apps with other table names (needsinfo)
https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/25958 - Deprecate skip_validation in BaseCommand (created)
https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/25967 - TabularInline headers don't have good indication for whether or not a field is required (created)
https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/25962 - inspectdb for oracle nvarchar2 could miscalculate field size 2-fold (duplicate)
https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/25972 - Filtering a ForeignObject with 'isnull' lookup fails in Django 1.9 (accepted)
https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/25978 - Deprecate shortcuts.render_to_response() (created)
https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/25988 - Change django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE to django.db.models.deletion.PROTECT while creating migrations (wontfix)
https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/25970 - Support simultaneous open connections in LiveServerTestCase (duplicate)
Authored
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https://github.com/django/django/pull/5847 - Fixed #25958 -- Removed support for 'skip_validation' in BaseCommand.execute(**options).
https://github.com/django/django/pull/5854 - Fixed #25963 -- Clarified render_to_response() context_instance deprecation.
https://github.com/django/django/pull/5851 - Fixed #25965 -- Added removal of sql* commands to 1.9 release notes.
https://github.com/django/django/pull/5856 - Fixed #25948 -- Added guidelines for SimpleTestCase.assertRaisesMessage() usage.
https://github.com/django/django/pull/5853 - Fixed #25969 -- Replaced render_to_response() with render() in docs examples and tests.
https://github.com/django/django/pull/5872 - Fixed #25985 -- Updated signature of ModelAdmin.formfield_for_* to make request a positional argument.
https://github.com/django/djangoproject.com/pull/605 - Fixed #604 -- Added section for non-cash donors to fundraising page.
Reviewed/committed
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https://github.com/django/django/pull/5765 - Fixed #25855 -- Enhanced the migration warning for runserver.
https://github.com/django/django/pull/5598 - Fixed #494 -- Added ability to specify classes on admin inline fieldsets.
https://github.com/django/django/pull/5824 - Fixed #25838 -- Added "python" as an interface to the shell command.
https://github.com/django/django/pull/5837 - Fixed #25950 -- Added support for GEOSisClosed.
https://github.com/django/django/pull/5849 - Fixed #25961 -- Removed handling of thread-non-safe GEOS functions.
https://github.com/django/django/pull/5858 - Fixed #25972 -- Restored support for the isnull lookup with ForeignObject
https://github.com/django/django/pull/5869 - Fixed #25981 -- Added need to update migrations to on_delete deprecation warning.
https://github.com/django/django/pull/4970 - Fixed #14286 -- Added models.BigAutoField.
https://github.com/django/django/pull/5514 - Fixed #8065 -- Made id_list an optional argument for QuerySet.in_bulk().