stephenmcd/mezzanine — Issue #120: createdb command is undocumented and confusing
Author: spookylukey
Created: 2012-01-09 23:18:08+00:00
State: open

The docs about management commands don't include info createdb. The only docs for the createdb command (in the installation instructions) leave me confused about why it exists, and not wanting to use it.

Since I want to be able to use other apps in my Mezzanine project, I don't really want to change my normal Django practices regarding 'syncdb' and 'migrate' - I know what they do already and when to use them, and so does my fabfile. I would need to know exactly what createdb will do if I do use it.

This leads me to wondering why mezzanine, a Django app, needs to include a command like this at all, especially one with a very generic name. If it is fixing a bug in Django or South, surely the fix should go in those projects?

If it is really intended that Mezzanine is supposed to take over your entire Django project, so that you are not supposed to use other apps, then please close this bug as invalid - but that's not the impression I got.

Thanks!