On Wednesday, March 23, 2011 5:10:36 AM UTC+5:30, Russell Keith-Magee wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 4:32 AM, Rohan Jain <rohanj...@gmail.com> wrote: > > These are some auth settings and models I propose to account for the > > generally > > raised questions for auth.User flexibility. > > Two quick points: > > Firstly -- the fact that you've given some biographical detail at the > bottom, and that this biographical detail says your a student, > suggests that this is a GSoC proposal? Is this the case? If so -- > that's a pretty big detail to omit. Django-developers is a general > list for discussing the development of Django; if you're proposing a > GSoC project, you need say so. > This was not a gsoc proposal, I added my biographical details as an introduction as this was one of my first post on the group. The changes I suggested have been on my mind for some time, so I thought of posting it. Auth user model modifications, Dynamic site ID are some discussions which have been highly requested and discussed. So I am aware that one cannot just write a few modifications and fix it for all.
> Secondly -- This is a reason that this project is listed as a high > complexity project on the GSoC wiki page. It's deceptively difficult, > and there's *lots* of prior art. A proposal that starts with > introducing 3 new settings, and finishes with the phrase "create a > datamigration script" is essentially a non-starter for reasons that > are well documented historically. > > If you're interested in this project, I *strongly* suggest that you > spend a couple of days familiarizing yourself with the historical > discussions about the idea. There was a lengthy discussion around last > year's GSoC; a student was proposing work on this project, but > ultimately backed out because of the complexities involved. At the > very least, it should give an indication of what will and won't be > accepted. > > Yours, > Russ Magee %-) > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers" group. To post to this group, send email to django-developers@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers?hl=en.
