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 More options Oct 12 2011, 10:59 am
From: Luke Plant <L.Plant...@cantab.net>
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:59:37 +0100
Local: Wed, Oct 12 2011 10:59 am
Subject: Re: Cleaning up manage.py and import paths
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On 12/10/11 15:06, Carl Meyer wrote:

> On 10/12/2011 07:53 AM, Russell Keith-Magee wrote:
>> I'm not convinced it's a bad idea. From an pedagogical perspective,
>> it's easy to explain -- Make a directory to contain all the bits for
>> your project, move into the directory, then bootstrap your project.

> It's not so easy to explain why startproject can't just create the
> directory to contain all the bits it creates in the first place, instead
> of making me do it manually :-)

I think there could be at least one good reason - if the developer has
already created a directory in which to store all the stuff, which would
actually be my natural instinct especially when it comes to a new
project with VCS:

 $ mkdir foo
 $ cd foo
 $ hg init

 # OK, now what am I going to put in it? Oh, a Django project.

In fact, it might be good idea to encourage use of VCS by mentioning it.
If I remember SVN correctly, you would actually need to think about it
before 'mkdir foo' - you 'svnadmin create', then checkout the empty repo
to start working. For either of these workflows, you probably wouldn't
want startproject creating your main directory. I actually like the idea
that Django is not supposed to be managing your entire project - rather,
your project uses Django.

Luke

--
"Oh, look. I appear to be lying at the bottom of a very deep, dark
hole. That seems a familiar concept. What does it remind me of? Ah,
I remember. Life."  (Marvin the paranoid android)

Luke Plant || http://lukeplant.me.uk/


 
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