#25313: Document how to migrate from a built-in User model to a custom User 
model
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     Reporter:  carljm         |                    Owner:  nobody
         Type:  New feature    |                   Status:  new
    Component:  Documentation  |                  Version:  1.8
     Severity:  Normal         |               Resolution:
     Keywords:                 |             Triage Stage:  Accepted
    Has patch:  0              |      Needs documentation:  0
  Needs tests:  0              |  Patch needs improvement:  0
Easy pickings:  0              |                    UI/UX:  0
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Changes (by timgraham):

 * component:  Migrations => Documentation
 * stage:  Unreviewed => Accepted


Old description:

> (I'd have thought we might already have a ticket for this, but I couldn't
> find it.)
>
> So far our answer here has been "sorry, you can't do it, unless you're
> very familiar with the depths of the migrations system and willing to put
> a lot of time into it."
>
> I don't believe that this is a tenable or defensible answer. It puts too
> many of our users, too frequently, into an impossible quandary. I think
> we need to clearly document how you can do it today, even if the process
> is nasty and ugly. Hopefully seeing that nasty and ugly documentation
> might clarify what could be improved to make the process less nasty and
> ugly.

New description:

 So far our answer here has been "sorry, you can't do it, unless you're
 very familiar with the depths of the migrations system and willing to put
 a lot of time into it."

 I don't believe that this is a tenable or defensible answer. It puts too
 many of our users, too frequently, into an impossible quandary. I think we
 need to clearly document how you can do it today, even if the process is
 nasty and ugly. Hopefully seeing that nasty and ugly documentation might
 clarify what could be improved to make the process less nasty and ugly.

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