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 8280 Commands framework doesn't support alternate import methods jdetaeye nobody " From this thread on the developer mailing list http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers/browse_thread/thread/78975372cdfb7d1a# I understand that the Django team is keen on supporting alternate ways of packaging django: in a zip-file, in a jar-file(Jython) or other ""frozen"" formats. One place that'll need fixing to achieve this is to update the command framework. [[BR]] The find available commands, the current Django code is browsing the command subdirectories and looking for files that end with a .py extension[[BR]] To support alternate packaging, the code should use the proper Python APIs to iterate over the available modules in a package. A patch along these lines was already included with #5825. (The patch would need updating to the SVN version however - Once this ticket is accepted I can take care of it.) " Bug closed Core (Management commands) dev Normal fixed command zip bhuztez@… Ready for checkin 1 0 0 0 0 0