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@@ -128,6 +128,13 @@ this. For a small app like polls, this process isn't too difficult.
This helps others looking for Django apps identify your app as Django
specific.
+ The application names (that is, the final dotted part of the
+ path to the module containing ``models.py``) defined in
+ :setting:`INSTALLED_APPS` *must* be unique. Avoid using the
+ same name as any of the Django :doc:`contrib packages
+ </ref/contrib/index>`, for example ``auth``, ``admin`` or
+ ``messages``.
+
2. Move the ``polls`` directory into the ``django-polls`` directory.
3. Create a file ``django-polls/README.rst`` with the following contents: