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5099	Provide the ability to update database to reflect changes in model definitions (i.e., schema evolution)	Derek Anderson <public@…>	nobody	"
Django needs to provide the ability to evolve database schema - i.e., to update the database representation of project to reflect changes in the model definitions. 

The design issues have been discussed here:

http://code.djangoproject.com/wiki/SchemaEvolution

A previous attempt at this feature exists in the form of the schema-evolution branch. This implementation is discussed here:

http://code.djangoproject.com/wiki/SchemaEvolutionDocumentation

However, this design has been rejected by the core developers.
"		new	Core (Other)	SVN			schema evolution feature ALTER TABLE	DXpublica@…	Accepted	0	0	0	0	0	0