Glossary
- evolution label
The name of a particular evolution for an app. These must be unique within an app, but do not have to be unique within a project.
- legacy app label
- legacy app labels
The form of app label used in Django 1.6 and earlier. Legacy app labels are generated solely from the app’s module name.
- migrations
Django 1.7+’s built-in method of managing changes to the database schema. See the migrations documentation.
- modern app label
- modern app labels
The form of app label used in Django 1.7 and later. Modern app labels default to being generated from the app’s module name, but can be customized.
- project signature
- project signatures
A stored representation of all the apps and models in your project. This is stored in the
django_project_version
table, and is a critical part in determining how the database has evolved and what changes need to be made.In Django Evolution 2.0 and higher, this is stored as JSON data. In prior versions, this was stored as Pickle protocol 0 data.