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[qagonpro]

(zinnie) C:\Users\Dagon\zinnie>manage.py check
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\Dagon\zinnie\manage.py", line 21, in
main()
File "C:\Users\Dagon\zinnie\manage.py", line 17, in main
execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
File "C:\Users\Dagon\PycharmProjects\zinnie\lib\site-packages\django\core\management_init_.py", line 401, in execute_from_co
mmand_line
utility.execute()
File "C:\Users\Dagon\PycharmProjects\zinnie\lib\site-packages\django\core\management_init_.py", line 377, in execute
django.setup()
File "C:\Users\Dagon\PycharmProjects\zinnie\lib\site-packages\django_init_.py", line 24, in setup
apps.populate(settings.INSTALLED_APPS)
File "C:\Users\Dagon\PycharmProjects\zinnie\lib\site-packages\django\apps\registry.py", line 114, in populate
app_config.import_models()
File "C:\Users\Dagon\PycharmProjects\zinnie\lib\site-packages\django\apps\config.py", line 211, in import_models
self.models_module = import_module(models_module_name)
File "C:\Users\Dagon\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\importlib_init_.py", line 127, in import_module
return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
File "", line 1014, in _gcd_import
File "", line 991, in _find_and_load
File "", line 975, in _find_and_load_unlocked
File "", line 671, in _load_unlocked
File "", line 783, in exec_module
File "", line 219, in call_with_frames_removed
File "C:\Users\Dagon\PycharmProjects\zinnie\lib\site-packages\zinnia\models_init.py", line 2, in
from zinnia.models.author import Author
File "C:\Users\Dagon\PycharmProjects\zinnie\lib\site-packages\zinnia\models\author.py", line 6, in
from django.utils.encoding import python_2_unicode_compatible
ImportError: cannot import name 'python_2_unicode_compatible' from 'django.utils.encoding' (C:\Users\Dagon\PycharmProjects\zinnie
\lib\site-packages\django\utils\encoding.py)

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[RduMarais]

Same here, Got it to work!
let me add a bit more information :

• Django version : 3.0.6
• Zinnia version : django-blog-zinnia-0.20
• Python 3.7.6
• OS : MacOS

By going throungh the commits, I found the commit cb8283c that removes the cause of the error we have.

By installing the dev branch using pip install git+https://github.com/Fantomas42/django-blog-zinnia.git it worked

[Jonas-089]

I'm not very familiar with working with projects like this and git in general. Is this version stable/ "official"? If an update is made to the Zinnia, will this break the code again? I'm a bit scared of having something in my project that potentially screws up the entire website

[barneydesmond]

@Jonas-089 I'm currently assessing Zinnia to see if I can use it myself, and ran into this issue. The fix that RduMarais found above is in the "develop" git branch, which can change over time.

However, if you use their method with pip install from github, and then never pip upgrade Zinnia, it won't break. You won't get any updates and improvements, but you won't get any breakages either. Note that if you upgrade your Django version, it may still break if Zinnia is incompatible with it.

[RduMarais]

You won't get any updates and improvements, but you won't get any breakages either.

real question : is this project really maintained ? I found a "xinnia" package on Pypi and I tend to have more and more compatibility issues

[elarroba]

@barneydesmond @Jonas-089 @RduMarais

I just created a fork of this project and updated the code to work with modern versions of Django (including 4.0+).

Please visit https://github.com/arrobalytics/django-blog-zinnia if you want to contribute. Don't forget to star the project to show your support.

Visit the new site https://www.djangoblogzinnia.com for documentation, demo and other resources.