On Jun 25, 9:51 am, nabucosound <hecto...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all:
>
> I am refactoring a django app to make it reusable and share it open
> sourced to the world. There is a lot code which I think it is optional
> and maybe not everybody will want to use, like some model fields, url
> patterns of view functions. so my initial approach is to release only
> the minimal version and let them add whatever they need.
>
> But then a question arises, regarding maintenance and update of the
> application in the projects where the app is gonna live. When I will
> release further versions with bufixes or new features, then should
> these people download the app, and maybe do a merge with their
> modified versions? That would be against the philosophy of a django
> app for me, that is, to be de-coupled from other parts of the project.
> Also conflicts may appear, if my next app versions differ a lot from
> previous ones.
>
> The opposite approach I have seen in other apps is to include
> everything the developer considers suitable. But doing this means
> forcing people to include useless stuff for their projects, like model
> fields they won't never use in their database schema, for example.
>
> So how do u guys think I should target it? Minimalistic or full-
> batteries included?
You could go minimalistic but built model extension support into your
app the way Django let's you extend it's user model with user
profiles:
Here's an old write up on this by James Bennett:
http://www.b-list.org/weblog/2006/jun/06/django-tips-extending-user-model/
Here's another (newer) article that shows how model inheritence could
be used to achieve similar results:
http://scottbarnham.com/blog/2008/08/21/extending-the-django-user-model-with-inheritance/
-RD
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