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 23765 Get rid of system check 1_6.W002 Kevin Christopher Henry nobody "System check `1_6.W001` was recently removed (#23469); `1_6.W002` has the same problems, and more, so I propose it be removed as well. There is a serious false positive problem here (where I define a false positive as something that makes you take time to think and care about something you don't need to think or care about). For this warning to actually help you, you must meet the following conditions: you haven't read the release notes; you're upgrading from a pre-1.6 version; you're using `BooleanFields` without a default; and you're nevertheless relying on the default value to be `False`. I don't have any hard numbers, of course, but I suspect this represents a small and dwindling proportion of users. Another problem with this is that the most straightforward solution (and the one hinted at by the warning message) is to go around and add defaults to all your `BooleanFields`. That is, in general, a mistake. Unless you actually want there to be a default, adding one harms your ability to detect bugs through model and form validation. Since `1_6.W001` is being removed in 1.8, that seems reasonable here as well. In both cases, though, it seems like these warnings should have been added to the `SILENCED_SYSTEM_CHECKS` setting in the default project template for new projects. That could certainly be done in the next 1.7 release." Cleanup/optimization closed Core (System checks) dev Normal fixed Accepted 0 0 0 0 0 0