Deprecated get_app_package, get_app_path and get_app_paths.

django/apps/cache.py

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import imp
 from importlib import import_module
 import os
 import sys
+import warnings
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
@@ -194,36 +195,6 @@ class BaseAppCache(object):
         """
         return [app_config.models_module for app_config in self.get_app_configs()]
 
-    def _get_app_package(self, app):
-        return '.'.join(app.__name__.split('.')[:-1])
-
-    def get_app_package(self, app_label):
-        return self._get_app_package(self.get_app(app_label))
-
-    def _get_app_path(self, app):
-        if hasattr(app, '__path__'):        # models/__init__.py package
-            app_path = app.__path__[0]
-        else:                               # models.py module
-            app_path = app.__file__
-        return os.path.dirname(upath(app_path))
-
-    def get_app_path(self, app_label):
-        return self._get_app_path(self.get_app(app_label))
-
-    def get_app_paths(self):
-        """
-        Returns a list of paths to all installed apps.
-
-        Useful for discovering files at conventional locations inside apps
-        (static files, templates, etc.)
-        """
-        self._populate()
-
-        app_paths = []
-        for app in self.get_apps():
-            app_paths.append(self._get_app_path(app))
-        return app_paths
-
     def get_app(self, app_label):
         """
         Returns the module containing the models for the given app_label.
@@ -363,6 +334,48 @@ class BaseAppCache(object):
     def unset_available_apps(self):
         self.available_apps = None
 
+    ### DEPRECATED METHODS GO BELOW THIS LINE ###
+
+    def _get_app_package(self, app):
+        return '.'.join(app.__name__.split('.')[:-1])
+
+    def get_app_package(self, app_label):
+        warnings.warn(
+            "get_app_config(label).name supersedes get_app_package(label).",
+            PendingDeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
+        return self._get_app_package(self.get_app(app_label))
+
+    def _get_app_path(self, app):
+        if hasattr(app, '__path__'):        # models/__init__.py package
+            app_path = app.__path__[0]
+        else:                               # models.py module
+            app_path = app.__file__
+        return os.path.dirname(upath(app_path))
+
+    def get_app_path(self, app_label):
+        warnings.warn(
+            "get_app_config(label).path supersedes get_app_path(label).",
+            PendingDeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
+        return self._get_app_path(self.get_app(app_label))
+
+    def get_app_paths(self):
+        """
+        Returns a list of paths to all installed apps.
+
+        Useful for discovering files at conventional locations inside apps
+        (static files, templates, etc.)
+        """
+        warnings.warn(
+            "[a.path for a in get_app_configs()] supersedes get_app_paths().",
+            PendingDeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
+
+        self._populate()
+
+        app_paths = []
+        for app in self.get_apps():
+            app_paths.append(self._get_app_path(app))
+        return app_paths
+
 
 class AppCache(BaseAppCache):
     """

django/core/management/commands/loaddata.py

@@ -230,8 +230,8 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
         current directory.
         """
         dirs = []
-        for path in app_cache.get_app_paths():
+        for app_config in app_cache.get_app_configs():
-            d = os.path.join(path, 'fixtures')
+            d = os.path.join(app_config.path, 'fixtures')
             if os.path.isdir(d):
                 dirs.append(d)
         dirs.extend(list(settings.FIXTURE_DIRS))

django/core/management/sql.py

@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ def _split_statements(content):
 def custom_sql_for_model(model, style, connection):
     opts = model._meta
     app_dirs = []
-    app_dir = app_cache.get_app_path(model._meta.app_label)
+    app_dir = app_cache.get_app_config(model._meta.app_label).path
     app_dirs.append(os.path.normpath(os.path.join(app_dir, 'sql')))
 
     # Deprecated location -- remove in Django 1.9

django/db/migrations/loader.py

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class MigrationLoader(object):
         if app_label in settings.MIGRATION_MODULES:
             return settings.MIGRATION_MODULES[app_label]
         else:
-            return '%s.migrations' % app_cache.get_app_package(app_label)
+            return '%s.migrations' % app_cache.get_app_config(app_label).name
 
     def load_disk(self):
         """

django/db/migrations/writer.py

@@ -69,14 +69,12 @@ class MigrationWriter(object):
             migrations_module = import_module(migrations_package_name)
             basedir = os.path.dirname(migrations_module.__file__)
         except ImportError:
-            app = app_cache.get_app(self.migration.app_label)
+            app_config = app_cache.get_app_config(self.migration.app_label)
-            app_path = app_cache._get_app_path(app)
-            app_package_name = app_cache._get_app_package(app)
             migrations_package_basename = migrations_package_name.split(".")[-1]
 
             # Alright, see if it's a direct submodule of the app
-            if '%s.%s' % (app_package_name, migrations_package_basename) == migrations_package_name:
+            if '%s.%s' % (app_config.name, migrations_package_basename) == migrations_package_name:
-                basedir = os.path.join(app_path, migrations_package_basename)
+                basedir = os.path.join(app_config.path, migrations_package_basename)
             else:
                 raise ImportError("Cannot open migrations module %s for app %s" % (migrations_package_name, self.migration.app_label))
         return os.path.join(basedir, self.filename)

docs/internals/deprecation.txt

@@ -223,7 +223,8 @@ these changes.
   to :setting:`CACHES` and use :data:`django.core.cache.caches` instead.
 
 * ``django.db.models.loading`` will be removed. Use the new application
-  loading APIs instead.
+  loading APIs instead. Several undocumented methods of the ``AppCache`` class
+  will also be removed.
 
 2.0
 ---