[1.6.x] Fixed #23314 -- Tempered recommendation of storing profile data on custom user.

Thanks gavinwahl for the report.

Backport of 3569536491 from master
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Tim Graham 2014-08-19 07:23:17 -04:00
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@ -451,6 +451,8 @@ different User model.
class Article(models.Model):
author = models.ForeignKey(settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL)
.. _specifying-custom-user-model:
Specifying a custom User model
------------------------------
@ -691,10 +693,12 @@ Extending Django's default User
-------------------------------
If you're entirely happy with Django's :class:`~django.contrib.auth.models.User`
model and you just want to add some additional profile information, you can
model and you just want to add some additional profile information, you could
simply subclass ``django.contrib.auth.models.AbstractUser`` and add your
custom profile fields. This class provides the full implementation of the
default :class:`~django.contrib.auth.models.User` as an :ref:`abstract model
custom profile fields, although we'd recommend a separate model as described in
the "Model design considerations" note of :ref:`specifying-custom-user-model`.
``AbstractUser`` provides the full implementation of the default
:class:`~django.contrib.auth.models.User` as an :ref:`abstract model
<abstract-base-classes>`.
.. _custom-users-and-the-built-in-auth-forms: