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?

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