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20914	Improve documentation: order in INSTALLED_APPS matters for translations and templates	stefano.crosta@…	nobody	"The order of applications in INSTALLED_APPS matters for priority/overriding of at least:

 * templates: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/templates/api/#django.template.loaders.app_directories.Loader
 * translations: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.5/topics/i18n/translation/#how-django-discovers-translations

Mailing list discussion: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/django-developers/r37clRaXgf4

My proposal is to add a box in https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#installed-apps saying something like:

  The order of INSTALLED_APPS is significant! Translations and Templates in Django can be overridden; the first app found will have priority. Please also see [https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/templates/api/#django.template.loaders.app_directories.Loader Templates Documentation] and [https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.5/topics/i18n/translation/#how-django-discovers-translations Translations Documentation]



An alternative method is to use https://pypi.python.org/pypi/django-apptemplates/ that allows to override (and inherit) the template of a specific app."	New feature	closed	Documentation	dev	Normal	fixed	INSTALLED_APPS	stefano.crosta@…	Accepted	0	0	0	0	0	0