GSOC Proposal : Adding a Redis cache backend to Core

Hey I am an aspirant for GSOC 2021. I was really interested in the project "Adding a Redis cache backend to Core" as I myself have used third party libraries to integrate redis as a caching backend. A link to by draft proposal can be found here

Re: GSOC Proposal: Adding Redis Cache Backend To Django Core.

> On 31 Mar 2021, at 11:00, Girish Sontakke wrote: > > Now I have doubt that whether I should remove Provides Many Data-Structures > point from the "Why Redis" section or keep it there?. I don’t think it’s vital either way… but it seems a distraction. That Redis has HyperLogLog isn’t somethi

Re: Request for Comment: settings growth configuring Email Backend.

I don't think settings create any harm. They seem cleaner than suggesting subclassing the backend. If I'm understanding correctly, that would force everyone to write something like: class MySMTPBackend(smtp.EmailBackend) def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs): super().__init__(*args, ke

Re: GSOC Proposal: Adding Redis Cache Backend To Django Core.

Thank you, Carlton, I search for discussion in the mailing list about Redis cache I found a helpful discussion here. Should I put my proposal there or should I continue here? In the "Why Redis" section of my proposal,

Re: GSOC Proposal: Adding Redis Cache Backend To Django Core.

Hi Girish, Welcome. Have a search of the history of the mailing list here. There was one, or a couple of (?) threads on adding a Redis backend recently (last year or two). >From the "Why Redis" section of your proposal, I think the answer is simply that lots of users (most in fact according