id summary reporter owner description type status component version severity resolution keywords cc stage has_patch needs_docs needs_tests needs_better_patch easy ui_ux 2325 [patch] authentication framework should work with new style classes as backend. mir@… Adrian Holovaty "The new Authentication Framework uses str() on the class to get the path of the module: {{{ user.backend = str(backend.__class__) }}} First, this does absolutely not work with new style classes as backend, since there str() is different. Second, it's hackish anyway. I set severity to major since new style classes are pretty normal, the error messages are misleading and pretty hard to debug--took me one full work day. " defect closed Contrib apps major fixed Unreviewed 1 0 0 0 0 0