New feature Django 5.2 auto import models issue

[matejsp]

Describe the bug
When running latest Django shell we are getting

./manage.py shell -v 2

56 objects could not be automatically imported:

  models.HistoricalCreditOverdraftLimit
  models.HistoricalCreditLoan
  models.HistoricalCreditAccount
  models.HistoricalTransferRequestApproval
  models.HistoricalTransferRequest
...

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. upgrade Django to 5.2
2. run manage.py shell -v 2

Expected behavior
Historical models should not be imported into current Django shell.

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Environment (please complete the following information):

• OS: MacOSX, Amazon Linux 2023
• Django Simple History Version: 3.5.0
• Django Version: 5.2
• Database Version: Mysql 8.0.33

[scur-iolus]

Personally, I would like these models to be imported automatically. As we'll have to make changes to the library's source code anyway, we might add a global setting to define whether or not these models should be imported by default in a shell?

[matejsp]

The goal would be to not pollute with info messages when starting django shell.
So either support automatic support or disable automatic import. Global setting is nice, since it will support both cases.

Is there a use case to even import historical models since you already have special API for that?

from polls.models import Poll, Choice
from datetime import datetime
poll = Poll.objects.create(question="what's up?", pub_date=datetime.now())

poll.history.all()
[<HistoricalPoll: Poll object as of 2010-10-25 18:03:29.855689>]

In Django 5.2 Poll and Choice would already be automatically imported and history accessible via model.history?

[dwasyl]

The same thing happens with shell_plus from django-extensions. The error messages are rather annoying so I add the historical models to their DONT_LOAD list, but if the automatic loading/importing worked that would be better (although not sure why I'd need them to be).