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 9598 ` to.roma.from.djbug@… nobody "contrib/auth/models.py: {{{ class UserManager(models.Manager): def create_user(self, username, email, password=None): ""Creates and saves a User with the given username, e-mail and password."" now = datetime.datetime.now() user = self.model(None, username, '', '', email.strip().lower(), 'placeholder', False, True, False, now, now) if password: user.set_password(password) else: user.set_unusable_password() user.save() return user }}} This should support keyword arguments for first_name, last_name etc. That would make user-creating code cleaner and would avoid unnecessary database operations. The change is so obvious I’m not including a patch. Are there any reasons not to add such a feature?" closed contrib.auth 1.0 wontfix Design decision needed 0 0 0 0 0 0