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 26401 Allow auth machinery to be used without installing auth app Matt Johnson "Django projects should be able to use the auth machinery (like django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware and django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth) without having django.contrib.auth in INSTALLED_APPS See https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/django-developers/2DzLBbk8w-w This ticket is for resolving the current issue in 1.9. I also want to write a test or two to prevent this issue from happening in the future." New feature new contrib.auth 1.9 Normal auth Accepted 0 0 0 0 0 0