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2892	custom manager not used by contrib.Admin	davidschein@…	Adrian Holovaty	"It seems that the Django *is not* interpretting [http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/model_api/#modifying-initial-manager-querysets the first Manager defined in a class as the ""default"" Manager].  

It always uses an instance of the models.Manager unless you explicitly put a {{{manager}}} field in your Admin class, as in:
{{{
#!python
    class Admin:
        manager = CourseManager()
}}}

I think #2644 is related or the same.
The patch, #2870, obviously won't work unless this behavior works. "	defect	closed	contrib.admin		normal	duplicate			Unreviewed	0	0	0	0	0	0