问题
Does django consists of a migration concept without south app ?
If not why didn't they include it in Django 1.4 ? [ Since, its a must have ]
Please help..
回答1:
No, it doesn't. South is considered as the 'de facto' standard for database migration in Django. Further reading can be found in the Django development wiki.
From the version 1.2 release notes:
Contrib-01 (Add South to contrib) - general consensus - including that of South's lead developer - is that South isn't yet ready to be a bonafide part of Django.
This, most probably, is still valid. South has it's limitations, it still has gaps that could be considered as flaws when being a django.contrib module.
That said, i want to add: south still is extremely userfull.
回答2:
South is not the only migration app that works with Django. See http://djangopackages.com/grids/g/database-migration/ for some current options. Simon Willison also co-created Dmigrations but it's old and hasn't had a commit for a few years.
South is generally accepted to be the best at the moment, though I've not tried NashVegas (partly because South is so good, I've not needed to)
回答3:
Update Oct 2013
Following a successful kickstarter campaign, schema migrations will be added to the Django core starting with version 1.7
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/1.7/#schema-migrations
来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10613932/does-core-django-supports-migration-without-django-south-or-similar-app