Wish: be able to redefine existing fields as translatable about django-parler HOT 2 OPEN

Any news on this?
Currently I am searching for a solution how to translate django-filer fields (reusing existing fields) and I have 2 options:
a) use a metaclass hack in #38 and create custom models for all models I need, then override a bunch of admin stuff, etc.
b) fork django-filer, make everything translatable by default and hope that I end up with something pull-request worthy :)
What would be your recommendations in this case?

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Nope, I haven't looked deeper into this. It's a very hard topic, because removing a fields is not supported by Django at all. For third party apps, this would also break any ORM .filter(..) call on those removed fields.

Currently there is a discussion about overriding abstract-model fields on the django-developers mailinglist, which also raises interesting points.

As for recommendations, you can go either way. My personal favorite would be persuading the django-filer author if he has interest in receiving multilingual support for his application. Since you're willing to do the work, this has a higher chance of getting accepted.

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