Does core Django supports migration without django-south or similar app?

Question

Does Django consists of a migration concept without south app?

If not why didn\'t they include it in Django 1.4? (Since, it\'s a must have).

Answer 1

No, it doesn't. South is considered as the 'de facto' standard for database migration in Django. Further reading can be found in the Django development wiki.

From the version 1.2 release notes:

Contrib-01 (Add South to contrib) - general consensus - including that of South's lead developer - is that South isn't yet ready to be a bonafide part of Django.

This, most probably, is still valid. South has its limitations, it still has gaps that could be considered as flaws when being a django.contrib module.

That said, I want to add: south still is extremely useful.