i would like to be part and start foundations coding giving back On Friday, March 4, 2016 at 1:09:00 AM UTC+2, Adam Johnson wrote: > > The *django.contrib.postgres* docs state: > > There is no fundamental reason why (for example) a contrib.mysql module >> does not exist > > > *Well...* over the past year and a bit I've been developing Django-MySQL. > It has a ton of features specific to MySQL and/or MariaDB. For a quick tour > of the features, see the exposition in the documentation: > https://django-mysql.readthedocs.org/en/latest/exposition.html (it's not > all suitable for Django core, some is kinda hacky (but well tested!)) > > At DUTH in November I talked with Josh Smeaton about posting a suggestion > here for *django.contrib.mysql*. Since then, I've simply been > lazy/forgetful, but now I'm here getting round to it. > > I'm also a bit motivated by my recent completion of its *JSONField* for > MySQL 5.7+ which is very similar to the *contrib.postgres* one, copying > and adapting large parts of code from Marc Tamlyn's work. We all know how > much everyone loves JSON these days. If anything, this could be a core > field rather than a *contrib* one - Oracle and SQLite also have JSON > capabilities now. JSON everywhere! > > Anyway... what's the interest in *django.contrib.mysql*? And where woudl > we go from here... >
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