Yeah, I have thought about removing auth from my installed app but the problem is I am going to be using the permissions part of the app. Have the auth app support a custom model would be cool.
Also it might not be to bad to write a custom test runner that will ignore test from apps listed in a setting config Thank, Vitaly Babiy On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 9:06 PM, Russell Keith-Magee <freakboy3...@gmail.com > wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 6:17 AM, Vitaly Babiy<vbabi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hey, > > I have replaced the default auth backend with my own that requires a > field > > to be set on my own custom user objects. So when I run my test suite ( > which > > includes the auth app ) most of the auth test fail. Due to the fact that > > djangos fixtures don't create user object of my custom type. What is the > > best way to work around this? > > There isn't really an easy workaround. If you put contrib.auth in your > INSTALLED_APPS, Django assumes - somewhat reasonably - that you are > using the User model. > > One approach that may be worth considering is to look at whether you > actually need to put contrib.auth in INSTALLED APPS. If you're just > using some of the backend utilities - such as the authentication > backends - you may not need to sync the auth application itself. > > Beyond that, you're into slightly unexplored territory. The hardcore > approach would be to just delete the tests directory from > contrib.auth. This will make the test failure go away, but that's a > bit like saying you can fix your long toenails by amputating your foot > :-) There may be a less hardcore solution, but it will require some > exploration on your part. It certainly isn't part of an official API > at this point. > > This issue actually covers two problems that I'd like to address in > the Django v1.2 timeframe. Firstly, differentiating between > integration tests and release tests; secondly, making the User model > truly pluggable, especially with respect to contrib.admin. Any > feedback or input you have would be most welcome. > > Yours, > Russ Magee %-) > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
