Django 4.0 ImportError: cannot import name 'force_text' from 'django.utils.encoding'

[mikekeda]

I upgraded Django to 4.0 and I'm getting an error:

  File "//easy_select2/__init__.py", line 1, in <module>
    from easy_select2.utils import select2_modelform_meta, select2_modelform, \
  File "easy_select2/utils.py", line 5, in <module>
    from easy_select2 import forms as es2_forms
  File "easy_select2/forms.py", line 4, in <module>
    from django.utils.encoding import force_text
ImportError: cannot import name 'force_text' from 'django.utils.encoding' (django/utils/encoding.py)

We need to change force_text to force_str