Move away from fixtures in favor of src/initial_setup.py, which makes it a little easier to change stuff like this. It also avoids over-writing stuff when syncdb is ran. This commit features database layout changes to ConnectScreen and CommChannel. It is recommended that you drop your database and re-sync. If this is not acceptable, talk to me about a migration plan. We will be investigating schema evolution down the road.

src/config/managers/configvalue.py

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 """
 Custom manager for ConfigValue objects.
 """
-from traceback import format_exc
 from django.db import models
 from src import logger
 
@@ -13,8 +12,9 @@ class ConfigValueManager(models.Manager):
         try:
             return self.get(conf_key__iexact=configname).conf_value
         except self.model.DoesNotExist:
-            logger.log_errmsg("Unable to get config value for %s (does not exist):\n%s" % (
-                configname, (format_exc())))
+            logger.log_errmsg("Unable to get config value for %s (does not exist).\n" % (
+                configname))
+            raise
             
     def set_configvalue(self, configname, newvalue):
         """
@@ -29,4 +29,5 @@ class ConfigValueManager(models.Manager):
             return newvalue
         except self.model.DoesNotExist:
             logger.log_errmsg("Unable to set config value for %s (does not exist):\n%s" % (
-                configname, (format_exc())))
+                configname))
+            raise

src/config/managers/connectscreen.py

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ class ConnectScreenManager(models.Manager):
             return self.filter(is_active=True).order_by('?')[0]
         except IndexError:
             new_screen = ConnectScreen(name='Default', 
-                connect_screen_text='This is a placeholder connect screen. Remind your admin to edit it through the Admin interface.')
+                text='This is a placeholder connect screen. Remind your admin to edit it through the Admin interface.',
+                is_active=True)
             new_screen.save()
             return new_screen