Re: Easier way to populate test databases for parallel tests (patch in github)

I would expect test data population to happen using migrations rather than in the test runner. Can you elaborate on your use case and say if that method would be unsuitable? On Friday, April 28, 2017 at 8:45:55 PM UTC-4, Marcos Diez wrote: > > Ticket:

Easier way to populate test databases for parallel tests (patch in github)

Ticket:https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/28153 Pull Request: https://github.com/django/django/pull/8437 Although Django makes very easy for one to extend django.test.runner.DiscoverRunner , it's setup_databases() does too much. Currently, it - creates all the test databases

Re: Improving MSSQL and Azure SQL support on Django

Quick update of the current status of things related to MSSQL. The most actively maintained MSSQL backend that I'm aware of is django-pyodbc-azure (also works with standalone SQL Server). Michiya has been doing an amazing job supporting that backend. There has been no real movement toward there

Re: Improving MSSQL and Azure SQL support on Django

I wonder if there have been any updates on MS support for a official/supported MS SQL Django driver? Did the offered engineering effort from MS ever come through? Given the availability of of MS SQL on Linux, as well as support for Django in Visual Studio, it would be great if this came to

Re: Organizing utilities for Django's test suite

About the module name for Django's test suite, "tests" doesn't feel intuitive to me. I think it should be more descriptive, like "django_test_utils", though I'm hardly advocating for that. "test_utils" is already taken as a module for testing django.test.utils. Anyone else have suggestions of

Re: Admin and CSS Custom Properties

On 28 April 2017 at 12:59, Collin Anderson wrote: > I suggest supporting IE11+, as that's the latest on Windows 7 and there's > not much 9-10 usage. Now's probably a good time to bump them if needed > because we're just past an LTS. > > Though, yes, it doesn't allow CSS

Re: Admin and CSS Custom Properties

I suggest supporting IE11+, as that's the latest on Windows 7 and there's not much 9-10 usage. Now's probably a good time to bump them if needed because we're just past an LTS. Though, yes, it doesn't allow CSS variables. On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 6:38 AM, Curtis Maloney

Re: Admin and CSS Custom Properties

I recently discovered that the stated "policy" on browser support in Admin is... well... not clear at all. https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/faq/admin/#what-browsers-are-supported-for-using-the-admin It claims to support full function for "YUI's A-Grade" browsers, but the link it

Re: Admin and CSS Custom Properties

On 27 April 2017 at 23:18, Adam Johnson wrote: > Thanks for introducing me to a new CSS feature! I clearly don't keep up > with front end stuff enough. > > Re: your issues: > > 1. From the support grid at the bottom of the Smashing Magazine article > you linked, it looks like it's