#28395: first() adds id field to group by clause on aggregation queries
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     Reporter:  John Gresty           |                    Owner:  nobody
         Type:  Cleanup/optimization  |                   Status:  new
    Component:  Documentation         |                  Version:  master
     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 Simon Charette):

 * component:  Database layer (models, ORM) => Documentation
 * version:  1.11 => master
 * type:  Bug => Cleanup/optimization
 * stage:  Unreviewed => Accepted


Comment:

 The `first()` method requires an ordering to be specified else it would
 return non-deterministic results hence why it's using `order_by('pk')`
 when the queryset isn't ordered.

 This is a bit similar to #10574 except the implicit ordering is added by
 `first()` and not `_meta.ordering` so I'd suggest
 [https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/topics/db/aggregation
 /#interaction-with-default-ordering-or-order-by we link to the aggregation
 section mentioning interaction with default ordering] or adjust the
 documention to account for that.

 IMHO it would have been better for `first()` to raise an exception when
 called on an unordered queryset instead of implicitly choosing `pk` but in
 your case I assume you want to either `order_by('group')` or `'value'`
 before calling `first()`.

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