Updates for making Evennia compatible with Django 1.8+. Still not fully functioning.

evennia/comms/models.py

@@ -471,6 +471,7 @@ class ChannelDB(TypedObject):
 
     __settingclasspath__ = settings.BASE_CHANNEL_TYPECLASS
     __defaultclasspath__ = "evennia.comms.comms.DefaultChannel"
+    __applabel__ = "comms"
 
     class Meta:
         "Define Django meta options"

evennia/objects/models.py

@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ class ObjectDB(TypedObject):
     # defaults
     __settingsclasspath__ = settings.BASE_OBJECT_TYPECLASS
     __defaultclasspath__ = "evennia.objects.objects.DefaultObject"
+    __applabel__ = "objects"
 
     @lazy_property
     def contents_cache(self):

evennia/players/models.py

@@ -96,9 +96,9 @@ class PlayerDB(TypedObject, AbstractUser):
     # defaults
     __settingsclasspath__ = settings.BASE_SCRIPT_TYPECLASS
     __defaultclasspath__ = "evennia.players.players.DefaultPlayer"
+    __applabel__ = "players"
 
     class Meta:
-        app_label = 'players'
         verbose_name = 'Player'
 
     # alias to the objs property

evennia/scripts/manager.py

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class ScriptDBManager(TypedObjectManager):
         """
         if not obj:
             return []
-        player = _GA(_GA(obj, "__class__"), "__name__") == "PlayerDB"
+        player = _GA(_GA(obj, "__dbclass__"), "__name__") == "PlayerDB"
         if key:
             dbref = self.dbref(key)
             if dbref or dbref == 0:

evennia/scripts/models.py

@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ class ScriptDB(TypedObject):
     # defaults
     __settingsclasspath__ = settings.BASE_SCRIPT_TYPECLASS
     __defaultclasspath__ = "evennia.scripts.scripts.DefaultScript"
+    __applabel__ = "scripts"
 
     class Meta:
         "Define Django meta options"

evennia/server/evennia_launcher.py

@@ -454,6 +454,8 @@ def check_database():
     # Check so a database exists and is accessible
     from django.db import connection
     tables = connection.introspection.get_table_list(connection.cursor())
+    if not isinstance(tables, basestring): # django 1.8+
+        tables = [tableinfo.name for tableinfo in tables]
     if tables and u'players_playerdb' in tables:
         # database exists and seems set up. Initialize evennia.
         import evennia

evennia/typeclasses/models.py

@@ -91,26 +91,12 @@ class TypeclassBase(SharedMemoryModelBase):
         # storage of stats
         attrs["typename"] = name
         attrs["path"] =  "%s.%s" % (attrs["__module__"], name)
-        #defaultpath = attrs["__defaultclasspath__"]
-        #attrs["__defaultclass__"] = class_from_module(attrs["__defaultclasspath__"])
-        #try:
-        #    defaultpath = attrs["__defaultclasspath__"]
-        #    attrs["__defaultclass__"] = class_from_module(attrs["__defaultclasspath__"])
-        #except Exception:
-        #    log_trace("Typeclass error for %s: Default typeclass '%s' could not load. "
-        #              "Falling back to library base." % (name, defaultpath))
-        #    try:
-        #        # two levels down from TypedObject will always be the default base class.
-        #        attrs["__defaultclass__"] = cls.__mro__[cls.__mro__.index(TypedObject)-2]
-        #    except Exception:
-        #        log_trace("Critical error for %s: Neither typeclass, "
-        #                  "default fallback nor base class could load." % name)
-        #        attrs["__defaultclass__"] = cls
 
         # typeclass proxy setup
         if not "Meta" in attrs:
             class Meta:
                 proxy = True
+                app_label = attrs.get("__applabel__", "typeclasses")
             attrs["Meta"] = Meta
         attrs["Meta"].proxy = True