Hi. According to documentation <https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.9/topics/db/managers/#custom-managers-and-model-inheritance> managers defined on non-abstract base classes are not inherited by child classes. In fact they're inherited via python MRO. I made pull request <https://github.com/django/django/pull/5797> to fix it. I find this inheritance embarrassing due to reasons, explained in documentation:
1. Managers defined on non-abstract base classes are *not* inherited by child classes. If you want to reuse a manager from a non-abstract base, redeclare it explicitly on the child class. These sorts of managers are likely to be fairly specific to the class they are defined on, so inheriting them can often lead to unexpected results (particularly as far as the default manager goes). Therefore, they aren’t passed onto child classes. I also think this example shows some reasons why this inheritance is embarrasing: class SimpleComment(models.Model): test_objects = models.Manager() class BaseComment(models.Model): pass class Comment(BaseComment): test_objects = models.Manager() print(hasattr(models.SimpleComment, 'objects')) #False print(hasattr(models.Comment, 'objects')) #True, we may expect False here, since 'SimpleComment' gives False in similar sitation. print(models.Comment.objects.model) #<class 'BaseComment'>, this manager is not contributed to 'Comment' class Tim Graham suggests asking if anyone relying on this inheritance and documentation should be fixed instead. Any suggestions? -- 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 django-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to django-developers@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/django-developers. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-developers/d0b0f36a-28eb-40a1-8124-2a888b810c87%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.