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22995	Deprecate auto_now and auto_now_add and document alternatives	Jannis Leidel	nobody	"We've previously documented some side issues of the two options (e.g. #6434) but need to better clarify the downsides of those magic parameters. The ability to override the `save` method as well as the `default` parameter has long made this implicit feature capable of being replaced.

This would probably also be a way to not let users fall in the trap as documented in #16745 and #22571.

In a previous *old* discussion there were multiple core developers in favor of the deprecation: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/django-developers/TNYxwiXLTlI"	Cleanup/optimization	new	Database layer (models, ORM)	dev	Normal			cmawebsite@… someuniquename@…	Someday/Maybe	0	0	0	0	0	0