Swappable models for 3rd party apps

[obsidian spoke]

This has been an undocumented feature for a while now. Anyone know if swappable models for 3rd party apps will become a documented feature anytime soon? Or have any experience working with https://github.com/openwisp/django-swappable-models

[runic vigil]

https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/19103

12 years a stealth alpha feature... ouch

I think if you want to make this a real thing, you might have to try to get this going yourself. You can ask on the mailing list if someone wants that work to be done.

[split phoenix]

I'm using a swappable model here:
https://github.com/matthiask/django-cabinet/blob/main/cabinet/models.py
It works perfectly fine. YMMV and be sure to add lots of unit tests in case you want to do something similar.

[obsidian spoke]

thanks. Good to know.