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
29242	Support PyMySQL	‮zlohhcuB treboR	nobody	"Django's ORM should be able to use a pure Python DB adapter that does not need gcc and MariaDB-devel installed to install Django.

There have been discussions about this around the Python 3 port, but most of them ended when mysqlclient became Py3 ready. The value of a pure Python, easy to install module should be reason enough though to evaluate if PyMySQL should be supported.

Ref #22391 #23446 #28145"	New feature	closed	Database layer (models, ORM)	2.0	Normal	duplicate		Adam Johnson	Unreviewed	0	0	0	0	0	0