On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 1:02 AM, Chris Wilson <ch...@aptivate.org> wrote: > Hi all, > > I really like how the admin interface does a lot of the work for me in > developing a site with basic CRUD functions, and a few free bonuses > like pagination and list filtering. > > I agree with all the comments on #820 <https://code.djangoproject.com/ > ticket/820> requesting this feature (as well as the "view" permission > which goes with it). > > This ticket and several others were closed because a design decision > has been made that the admin interface is for admins only, and such a > feature is out of scope. A lot of people believe that it should be in > scope. Therefore I would like to politely request a reconsideration of > this decision.
Even though I'm the person who wonfixed the ticket most recently, I'm inclined to agree with you -- but for a different reason. The original reason -- that the admin isn't intended as a general purpose site, just a backend editing interface -- is still valid. I'm not in favor of trying to turn the admin into something that people will try to interpret as a publicly visible CMS. However, over time, we've added a complication. We now have object level permissions, so it's possible for an admin user to see a list of objects, of which only *some* are editable. To me, the logical extension of this feature is that you should be able to view some objects in the admin, and edit others. So, count this as a tentative +0 for the idea, qualified by the fact that it in no way represents a promise to help this patch into trunk. I've got 99 problems, but view permissions in the admin ain't one. :-) I'd also point out that at DjangoCon.US last year, there were some initial discussions about developing a "NewAdmin". I don't think this effort has gone very far since then, but it's worth noting that there is high-level agreement that Django's admin is in need of a bit of a shakeup; increased functionality (like view permissions) might be something that could fit into that broader change. Yours, Russ Magee %-) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers" group. To post to this group, send email to django-developers@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers?hl=en.
