[BangPypers] To use Pinax or just Django

[Navin Kabra]

On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 11:13 AM, Vineet Naik <naikvin at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am confused whether to use Pinax or just Django.
>

I've done 3 non-trivial django projects in the last 3 years. I used pinax
for 1 and plain django for the remaining. I would suggest going with plain
django.

- I think Pinax is not "production" ready. As you've already realized,
pinax needs to be customized before it can really used, and there aren't
enough readymade customization hooks (like django has). So you need to make
changes in Pinax code. This is a nightmare as far as upgrades is concerned

- Pinax is a great project to get best practices for how to set up your
project. By all means, study the pinax code and copy-paste from there into
your project

- Incorporate individual apps from Pinax into your project. This is less
painful for upgrades and customization, compared to taking all of Pinax