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