django / django/django-contrib-comments
Can't use AppConfig in INSTALLED_APPS for custom comments app
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Description
The import code [here](https://github.com/django/django-contrib-comments/blob/fb4d794897f492367ee40d34e8bcd9a42ef5b176/django_comments/__init__.py#L12-L31) fails if using the full dotted path to an app config in INSTALLED_APPS and COMMENTS_APP.
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Research direction
Start with django_comments/__init__.py lines 12–31 and reproduce the failure using a full dotted AppConfig path in both INSTALLED_APPS and COMMENTS_APP. Trace the import handling and verify that the custom comments app can be configured through those paths without failing.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100