This is a harder problem then just that. While doing that would allow a solution to the name problem, there are more problems django.contrib.auth's User model and it would be best to come up with a generic solution that fixes all of these problems, instead of applying bandaid fixes.
On Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 12:53 PM, hcarvalhoalves wrote: > I believe the solution is to actually figure a migration path to move > everything that is non-essential to outside the User model. To > identify a User, it should be enough to have username, password and > permissions, and have the rest of the fields live in a > django.contrib.auth.models.DefaultUserProfile. > > On 22 set, 02:26, lvella <[email protected] (http://gmail.com)> wrote: > > The User model included in Authentication subsystem is very annoying > > to use here in Brazil. The common "first name" and "last name" method > > of identifying people found in English speaking countries is very > > unnatural to our culture, which people usually have two or more family > > names. It is a cultural trait of here that renders unsuitable the > > splitting of the name into first and last on the model. There are > > countries/cultures with other people naming customs that is also hard > > to localize with this model [1][2]. > > > > What about changing this in future versions? Maybe simply a > > "true_name" field would do? Or maybe a way to customize the fields in > > the User model. > > > > [1]:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_name > > [2]:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Slavic_naming_customs > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > (mailto:[email protected]). > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > (mailto:[email protected]). > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers?hl=en.
