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--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/src/ldt/ldt/ldt_utils/migrations/0024_auto__chg_field_tag_name.py	Mon Oct 15 10:34:10 2012 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+from south.db import db
+from south.v2 import SchemaMigration
+
+
+class Migration(SchemaMigration):
+
+    def forwards(self, orm):
+
+        # Changing field 'Tag.name'
+        db.alter_column('tagging_tag', 'name', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.CharField')(unique=True, max_length=255)) #@UndefinedVariable
+
+    def backwards(self, orm):
+
+        # Changing field 'Tag.name'
+        db.alter_column('tagging_tag', 'name', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.CharField')(max_length=50, unique=True)) #@UndefinedVariable
+
+    models = {
+        'contenttypes.contenttype': {
+            'Meta': {'ordering': "('name',)", 'unique_together': "(('app_label', 'model'),)", 'object_name': 'ContentType', 'db_table': "'django_content_type'"},
+            'app_label': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'model': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'})
+        },
+        'tagging.tag': {
+            'Meta': {'ordering': "('name',)", 'object_name': 'Tag'},
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '255', 'db_index': 'True'})
+        },
+        'tagging.taggeditem': {
+            'Meta': {'unique_together': "(('tag', 'content_type', 'object_id'),)", 'object_name': 'TaggedItem'},
+            'content_type': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['contenttypes.ContentType']"}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'object_id': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveIntegerField', [], {'db_index': 'True'}),
+            'tag': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'items'", 'to': "orm['tagging.Tag']"})
+        }
+    }
+
+    complete_apps = ['tagging']
\ No newline at end of file

--- a/src/ldt/ldt/settings.py	Sun Oct 14 13:31:34 2012 +0200
+++ b/src/ldt/ldt/settings.py	Mon Oct 15 10:34:10 2012 +0200
@@ -72,9 +72,6 @@
 LOG_LEVEL = getattr(settings, 'LOG_LEVEL', logging.INFO)
 EMPTY_MEDIA_EXTERNALID = getattr(settings, 'EMPTY_MEDIA_EXTERNALID', None)
 
-GLOBAL_LOG_LEVEL = LOG_LEVEL
-GLOBAL_LOG_HANDLERS = [logging.FileHandler(LOG_FILE)]
-
 TEST_WEBSERVER_ADDRPORT = getattr(settings, 'TEST_WEBSERVER_ADDRPORT', '127.0.0.1:8000')
 
 ACCOUNT_ACTIVATION_DAYS = getattr(settings, 'ACCOUNT_ACTIVATION_DAYS', 7)
@@ -99,8 +96,9 @@
 DEFAULT_USER_ICON = "thumbnails/users/user_default_icon.png"
 DEFAULT_GROUP_ICON = "thumbnails/groups/group_default_icon.png"
 
-MAX_TAG_LENGTH = getattr(settings, 'MAX_TAG_LENGTH', 50)
-FORCE_LOWERCASE_TAGS = getattr(settings, 'FORCE_LOWERCASE_TAGS', True)
+# force settings value
+if(not hasattr(settings, 'MAX_TAG_LENGTH') or getattr(settings, 'MAX_TAG_LENGTH') > 255):
+    setattr(settings, 'MAX_TAG_LENGTH', 255)
 
 EXTERNAL_STREAM_SRC = getattr(settings, 'EXTERNAL_STREAM_SRC', ['youtube.com', 'dailymotion.com', 'vimeo.com'])
 

--- a/web/ldtplatform/settings.py	Sun Oct 14 13:31:34 2012 +0200
+++ b/web/ldtplatform/settings.py	Mon Oct 15 10:34:10 2012 +0200
@@ -226,9 +226,6 @@
 PUBLIC_GROUP_NAME = 'everyone'
 MAX_USERS_SEARCH = 20
 
-MAX_TAG_LENGTH = 50
-FORCE_LOWERCASE_TAGS = True
-
 SYNTAX = {
           '++' : 'OK',
           '--' : 'KO',
@@ -271,4 +268,9 @@
 # URL that handles the media served from MEDIA_ROOT.
 if not "MEDIA_URL" in locals():
     MEDIA_URL = BASE_URL + 'static/media/'
+
+#forced settings    
+MAX_TAG_LENGTH = 255
+FORCE_LOWERCASE_TAGS = True
+