I had not heard about the move to GitHub but I am +10 on that move.
On Feb 3, 2012, at 11:20 AM, Adrian Holovaty wrote: > On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 12:25 AM, Harris Lapiroff > <[email protected]> wrote: >> The Django admin is a major—if not *the* major—selling point to >> budding developers. I worry that externalizing it (hence making it a >> *separate* piece of software that needs to be discovered and >> installed, which seems simple but can be quite a challenge to new >> coders) might take away Django's non-expert appeal. When I started >> using Django, I knew no python. The only reason I was able to make >> that work was because of the Django admin. If the admin gets kicked >> out, I think it should be made *very* obvious where to find one. > > I agree with this sentiment. I think separating the admin into a > standalone app would be a step backward, at least at this point. > > It strikes me that "the Django admin is hard for people to fork and > modify" is a symptom of something else, not a problem in itself. The > bigger problem is that our current development infrastructure > (Subversion/Trac) doesn't allow for easy forking workflow. We're going > to solve that with our move to Git/GitHub, which will make it much > easier for people to fork and much easier for core developers to > integrate contributions. > > Before making any final judgment on separating the admin, we should > see how our community's move to GitHub goes. I'm suspecting the pain > points around forking will vanish at that point. > > P.S. In case you haven't heard about the GitHub move, here's a blog > post you should read: http://www.holovaty.com/writing/back-to-django/ > ETA is sometime soon after we launch 1.4. > > Adrian > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
