Re: custom setting provided by myapp

2015-09-23 Thread Gergely Polonkai
Hello, Most apps I know don't do such things. They write everything needed for them to work in their docs, and if something is not set, they either work with a sane default, or raise ImproperlyConfigured. I do the same myself. Also, Python does this in general; it assumes you read the manual befo

Re: custom setting provided by myapp

2015-09-23 Thread Bill Freeman
If you have a system based on Django (some CMS for example), rather than an app for folks to add to a site that has a lot of unrelated stuff, then sure, generate one, but don't replace one that may have hours of customization work into it. Let the site owner/tech do the merging. If there are no s

Re: custom setting provided by myapp

2015-09-23 Thread Luis Zárate
Hi, Sure, but why not auto-generate the setting file?, for example I know various CMS than have an installer that provide a custom setting with auto-generate configuration file (I don't know how to do that). Other idea is that my app can add configuration if is not set explicitly, so the user hav

Re: custom setting provided by myapp

2015-09-23 Thread Bill Freeman
I would be upset to find an app that I installed fiddling with my project settings. On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 12:53 PM, Luis Zárate wrote: > Hi, > > l have an app than need other apps to run well, I create a requirements > file and setup file and insert the required apps in my settings, also > inc

custom setting provided by myapp

2015-09-23 Thread Luis Zárate
Hi, l have an app than need other apps to run well, I create a requirements file and setup file and insert the required apps in my settings, also include my custom configurations. I want to build the settings file automatically (with installer script) or when the user put my app in his installed_