Re: Upgrading Django (to 1.7)

On 10/1/14 11:36 PM, Andrew Pinkham wrote:

Any feedback appreciated. I hope you find the material helpful.    

Andrew,

Excellent 2nd article.  Thanks! 

I especially liked the clear explanation of how South migrations
interact badly with initial_data fixtures.  OK to use fixtures, but
load them explicitly via "loaddata" from data migrations. Don't
put them in "initial_data" fixtures.

Also, good explanations of:
- South in general
- The reason why there's a models dictionary (the "frozen model")
   in each migration file, and why to use orm.ModelName
- Differences from Django 1.7 migrations
- How to get started with Django 1.7 migrations
- Unicode vs ASCII issues
- Use of objects.bulk_create()

Thanks!

--Fred

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