On 28/03/2012, at 7:29 AM, Alex Ogier wrote: > On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 7:13 PM, Russell Keith-Magee > <[email protected]> wrote: > There's also a very recent, relatively active thread discussing our options > with auth.User, which has a lot of overlap with this change. The wiki > discusses all the options, and makes specific mention of the need (and > possible migration approaches) for EmailField [1]. Given that these two > topics are closely related, I'd rather try and keep the discussions in one > place. > > [1] > https://code.djangoproject.com/wiki/ContribAuthImprovements#Parallelconcerns > > Yours, > Russ Magee %-) > > Perhaps the wrong thread to ask this, but is there a way to politely > encourage a BDFL decision on the matter sooner rather than later? I would > like to submit a GSoC application around implementing the fix, and the April > 6 deadline is coming up fast. I don't know the usual timeframe on > controversial decisions like this, so if it is unlikely that a BDFL will put > their foot down significantly before the deadline then that is also good to > know. I could then apply with a looser definition of the project contingent > on an eventual decision.
There was an improptu IRC discussion on django-dev last week that involved Jacob; unfortunately, it didn't go anywhere because he didn't especially like any of the options :-) In particular, the sticking point was whether User needed to be pluggable *at all* -- i..e, is there a solution (admittedly with huge migration requirements) that would allow us to avoid the need for settings, decisions about User contracts, and so on. Unfortunately, I haven't yet had a chance to document this part of the discussion on the wiki. I should be speaking with Jacob tomorrow; I'll give him a poke then. 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 [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.
