remove cw 3.9 bw compat (bw compat other than the interface -> adapter changes)
- cwconfig, doc/admin/setup: docstring adjustment wrt 3.9 & virtualenv
- testing/rst: windmill (which is gone from the testing infrastructure)
- other docs: "stuff introduced in 3.9" cleanup, as we don't care
about the version old features were introduced
- server/hooky.py: bw compat for propagation hooks
- server/schemaserial.py: pre CWUniqueTogetherConstraint migration support
- web.__init__.py: dumps bw import
- autoform.py: .action ppty is gone, also deprecate set_action and get_action
- baseviews: CSVView.subvid gone long ago, secondary view removal
- primary.py: _render_attribute & _render_relation signature change
- reledit.py: rvid/default_value bw compat, should_edit_* dropped
- webconfig.py: resourcefile is gone
- formfields.py: old vocabulary handling
- request.py: build_ajax_replace_url, external_resource
Related to #2782004.
What's new in CubicWeb 3.17?
============================
New functionalities
--------------------
* add a command to compare db schema and file system schema
(see `#464991 <http://www.cubicweb.org/464991>`_)
* Add CubicWebRequestBase.content with the content of the HTTP request (see #2742453)
(see `#2742453 <http://www.cubicweb.org/2742453>`_)
* Add directive bookmark to ReST rendering
(see `#2545595 <http://www.cubicweb.org/ticket/2545595>`_)
* Allow user defined final type
(see `#124342 <https://www.logilab.org/ticket/124342>`_)
API changes
-----------
* drop typed_eid() in favour of int() (see `#2742462 <http://www.cubicweb.org/2742462>`_)
* The SIOC views and adapters have been removed from CubicWeb and moved to the
`sioc` cube.
* The web page embedding views and adapters have been removed from CubicWeb and
moved to the `embed` cube.
* The email sending views and controllers have been removed from CubicWeb and
moved to the `massmailing` cube.
* ``RenderAndSendNotificationView`` is deprecated in favor of
``ActualNotificationOp`` the new operation use the more efficient *data*
idiom.
* Looping task can now have a interval <= ``0``. Negative interval disable the
looping task entirely.
* We now serve html instead of xhtml.
(see `#2065651 <http://www.cubicweb.org/ticket/2065651>`_)
Deprecation
---------------------
* ``ldapuser`` have been deprecated. It'll be fully dropped in the next
version. If you are still using ldapuser switch to ``ldapfeed`` **NOW**!
* ``hijack_user`` have been deprecated. It will be dropped soon.
Deprecated Code Drops
----------------------
* The progress views and adapters have been removed from CubicWeb. These
classes were deprecated since 3.14.0. They are still available in the
`iprogress` cube.
* API deprecated since 3.7 have been dropped.