I've been meaning to do this for a while as well. Break CommChannel and CommChannelMessage out into a separate app. I had them lumped in with objects/models.py due to some funkage with the admin site registering that is now resolved.

NOTE: You will need to syncdb and re-create any channels you may have had. Sorry for the inconvenience, we're still early enough in development where breakages like this may happen once in a blue moon.

src/comsys.py

@@ -3,10 +3,8 @@ Comsys functions.
 """
 import time
 import datetime
-
 from django.utils import simplejson
-
-from src.objects.models import CommChannel, CommChannelMessage
+from src.channels.models import CommChannel, CommChannelMessage
 from src import session_mgr
 from src import ansi
 

src/config_defaults.py

@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = (
     'django.contrib.flatpages',
     'src.config',
     'src.objects',
+    'src.channels',
     'src.imc2',
     'src.helpsys',
     'src.genperms',

src/imc2/models.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from django.db import models
-from src.objects.models import CommChannel
+from src.channels.models import CommChannel
 
 class IMC2ChannelMapping(models.Model):
     """

src/objects/admin.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from src.objects.models import Attribute, Object, CommChannel, CommChannelMessage
+from src.objects.models import Attribute, Object
 from django.contrib import admin
 
 class AttributeAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
@@ -11,12 +11,4 @@ class ObjectAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
     list_filter = ('type',)
     search_fields = ['name']
     save_on_top = True
-admin.site.register(Object, ObjectAdmin)
-
-class CommChannelAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
-    list_display = ('name', 'owner')
-admin.site.register(CommChannel, CommChannelAdmin)
-
-class CommChannelMessageAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
-    list_display = ('channel', 'message')
-admin.site.register(CommChannelMessage, CommChannelMessageAdmin)
+admin.site.register(Object, ObjectAdmin)

src/objects/models.py

@@ -970,105 +970,5 @@ class Object(models.Model):
         otype = int(self.type)
         return defines_global.OBJECT_TYPES[otype][1][0]
 
-class CommChannel(models.Model):
-    """
-    The CommChannel class represents a comsys channel in the vein of MUX/MUSH.
-    """
-    name = models.CharField(max_length=255)
-    ansi_name = models.CharField(max_length=255)
-    owner = models.ForeignKey(Object, related_name="chan_owner")
-    description = models.CharField(max_length=80, blank=True, null=True)
-    is_joined_by_default = models.BooleanField(default=False)
-    req_grp = models.ManyToManyField(Group, blank=True, null=True)
-
-    def __str__(self):
-        return "%s" % (self.name,)
-    
-    class Meta:
-        ordering = ['-name']
-        permissions = (
-            ('emit_commchannel', 'May @cemit over channels.'),
-            ('channel_admin', 'May administer comm channels.')
-        )
-    
-    def get_name(self):
-        """
-        Returns a channel's name.
-        """
-        return self.name
-
-    def get_header(self):
-        """
-        Returns the channel's header text, or what is shown before each channel
-        message.
-        """
-        return parse_ansi(self.ansi_name)
-
-    def get_owner(self):
-        """
-        Returns a channels' owner.
-        """
-        return self.owner
-
-    def set_name(self, new_name):
-        """
-        Rename a channel
-        """
-        self.name = parse_ansi(new_name, strip_ansi=True)
-        self.header = "[%s]" % (parse_ansi(new_name),)
-        self.save()
-
-    def set_header(self, new_header):
-        """
-        Sets a channel's header text.
-        """
-        self.header = parse_ansi(new_header)
-        self.save()
-
-    def set_owner(self, new_owner):
-        """
-        Sets a channel's owner.
-        """
-        self.owner = new_owner
-        self.save()
-        
-    def controlled_by(self, pobject):
-        """
-        Use this to see if another object controls the channel. This is means
-        that the specified object either owns the channel or has special
-        permissions to control it.
-        
-        pobject: (Object) Player object to check for control.
-        """
-        if pobject.is_superuser():
-            return True
-        
-        if self.owner and self.owner.id == pobject.id: 
-            # If said object owns the target, then give it the green.
-            return True
-
-        # They've failed to meet any of the above conditions.
-        return False
-    
-    def get_default_chan_alias(self):
-        """
-        Returns a default channel alias for the channel if none is provided.
-        """
-        return self.name[:3].lower()
-
-class CommChannelMessage(models.Model):
-    """
-    A single logged channel message.
-    """
-    channel = models.ForeignKey(CommChannel, related_name="msg_channel")
-    message = models.CharField(max_length=255)
-    date_sent = models.DateTimeField(editable=False, auto_now_add=True)
-
-    def __str__(self):
-        return "%s: %s" % (self.sender.name, self.message)
-    
-    class Meta:
-        ordering = ['-date_sent']
-
 # Deferred imports are poopy. This will require some thought to fix.
 from src import cmdhandler

src/session.py

@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ import sys
 from datetime import datetime
 from twisted.conch.telnet import StatefulTelnetProtocol
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
-from src.objects.models import Object, CommChannel
+from src.objects.models import Object
+from src.channels.models import CommChannel
 from src.config.models import ConnectScreen, ConfigValue
 from util import functions_general
 import src.comsys