openedx / openedx/django-config-models

Cannot remove fields

Open
#7 3 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

Nobody has claimed this yet.

Dominant language
Python
Stars
24
Forks
21
PR merge metrics
No merged PRs in 30d

Description

A recent attempt to remove a field from a config model failed: https://github.com/edx/edx-platform/pull/14939. Please document the process for removing fields.

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Review the failed edx-platform pull request #14939 referenced in the issue to understand the field-removal attempt. Then identify the documentation entry point in django-config-models and document the removal process there. Done means contributors can follow the documented process for removing fields.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
django, python
Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.