Opened 6 months ago

Last modified 2 weeks ago

#36376 assigned New feature

Use argparse colorized help on Python 3.14+

Reported by: Adam Johnson Owned by: wangxiaolei
Component: Core (Management commands) Version: dev
Severity: Normal Keywords: 6.1
Cc: Triage Stage: Accepted
Has patch: yes Needs documentation: no
Needs tests: no Patch needs improvement: yes
Easy pickings: no UI/UX: no

Description (last modified by Adam Johnson)

Python 3.14 introduces colorized help to argparse: ​https://docs.python.org/3.14/library/argparse.html#color

I propose that we enable this feature by setting color=True for all argument parsers in Django, notably for management commands.

Python supports common opt-out environment variables for the feature. I think we’ll need to extend that to also avoid setting the color attribute when DJANGO_COLORS is set to nocolor, ​as already documented.

We may also be able to set the option when ​`--force-color` is passed, although that may not make sense when --help is passed.

Related: #36321

Change History (6)

comment:1 by Adam Johnson, 6 months ago

Description: modified (diff)

comment:2 by Adam Johnson, 6 months ago

Summary: Use argparse color on Python 3.14+ → Use argparse colorized help on Python 3.14+

comment:3 by Sarah Boyce, 6 months ago

Triage Stage: Unreviewed → Someday/Maybe
Type: Uncategorized → New feature

Note that Python 3.14 is scheduled for October 1st (see #35844)

comment:4 by Adam Johnson, 5 weeks ago

Has patch: set
Patch needs improvement: set

comment:5 by wangxiaolei, 4 weeks ago

Owner: set to wangxiaolei
Status: new → assigned

comment:6 by Jacob Walls, 2 weeks ago

Triage Stage: Someday/Maybe → Accepted
Note: See TracTickets for help on using tickets.
Back to Top