#12756: dumpdata error message should note pyyaml requirement
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 Reporter:  [email protected]  |       Owner:  nobody    
   Status:  new                |   Milestone:            
Component:  Documentation      |     Version:  1.1       
 Keywords:                     |       Stage:  Unreviewed
Has_patch:  0                  |  
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 When trying to dumping some data to yaml, if pyyaml is not installed, one
 gets the following error message:

 $ ./manage-dev dumpdata --indent=2 --format=yaml auth
 Error: Unknown serialization format: yaml

 It would be very helpful, if the error message would mention the lack of
 pyyaml, for example by saying:
 "Error: Unknown serialization format: yaml (you need to install PyYAML
 perhaps?)"

 Also, the PyYAML requirement should be mentioned on the
 http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/howto/initial-data/ page, as well.

 The point is that although the need for pyyaml is mentioned on the
 "Serializing Django objects" page, when one uses the documentation as a
 reference, one might miss that page resulting in some head-scratching as
 to how come yaml doesn't work even though the documentation claims it
 does.

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Ticket URL: <http://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/12756>
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