Django 1.8 requires a connection to the 'postgres' database in order to resolve ticket #16969 [1]. We've had several reports of cases where connecting to the 'postgres' database isn't permitted (e.g. Heroku and other shared hosting providers) which causes problems when running tests and in some other cases [2]. Is it an invalid assumption that we should be able to access the 'postgres' database, or can we consider it a bug in proper Django setup? The original assumption that 'postgres' should always be accessible was based on my reading of the PostgreSQL docs: "The postgres database is a default database meant for use by users, utilities and third party applications" [3].
[1] https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/16969 [2] https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/24791 [3] http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/interactive/app-initdb.html -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers (Contributions to Django itself)" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-developers/275e62bd-efc6-4252-8f7b-0136b7011753%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
