Remove SaveSignalHandlingModel

CHANGES.rst

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Changelog
 To be released
 --------
 
+- Remove ``SaveSignalHandlingModel``. This model used a modified copy of the internal Django method `Model.save_base()`
+  and had not been updated for upstream bug fixes changes since its addition. (GH-#582)
 - Confirm support for `Django 4.2`
 - Add support for `Python 3.11` (GH-#545)
 - Add support for `Python 3.12` (GH-#545)

docs/models.rst

@@ -112,21 +112,3 @@ Also you can override the default uuid version. Versions 1,3,4 and 5 are now sup
 
 
 .. _`UUIDField`: https://github.com/jazzband/django-model-utils/blob/master/docs/fields.rst#uuidfield
-
-
-SaveSignalHandlingModel
------------------------
-
-An abstract base class model to pass a parameter ``signals_to_disable``
-to ``save`` method in order to disable signals
-
-.. code-block:: python
-
-    from model_utils.models import SaveSignalHandlingModel
-
-    class SaveSignalTestModel(SaveSignalHandlingModel):
-        name = models.CharField(max_length=20)
-
-    obj = SaveSignalTestModel(name='Test')
-    # Note: If you use `Model.objects.create`, the signals can't be disabled
-    obj.save(signals_to_disable=['pre_save'] # disable `pre_save` signal

model_utils/models.py

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
-from django.db import models, router, transaction
+from django.db import models
 from django.db.models.functions import Now
-from django.db.models.signals import post_save, pre_save
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
 from model_utils.fields import (
@@ -172,60 +171,3 @@ class UUIDModel(models.Model):
 
     class Meta:
         abstract = True
-
-
-class SaveSignalHandlingModel(models.Model):
-    """
-    An abstract base class model to pass a parameter ``signals_to_disable``
-    to ``save`` method in order to disable signals
-    """
-    class Meta:
-        abstract = True
-
-    def save(self, signals_to_disable=None, *args, **kwargs):
-        """
-        Add an extra parameters to hold which signals to disable
-        If empty, nothing will change
-        """
-
-        self.signals_to_disable = signals_to_disable or []
-
-        super().save(*args, **kwargs)
-
-    def save_base(self, raw=False, force_insert=False,
-                  force_update=False, using=None, update_fields=None):
-        """
-        Copied from base class for a minor change.
-        This is an ugly overwriting but since Django's ``save_base`` method
-        does not differ between versions 1.8 and 1.10,
-        that way of implementing wouldn't harm the flow
-        """
-        using = using or router.db_for_write(self.__class__, instance=self)
-        assert not (force_insert and (force_update or update_fields))
-        assert update_fields is None or len(update_fields) > 0
-        cls = origin = self.__class__
-
-        if cls._meta.proxy:
-            cls = cls._meta.concrete_model
-        meta = cls._meta
-        if not meta.auto_created and 'pre_save' not in self.signals_to_disable:
-            pre_save.send(
-                sender=origin, instance=self, raw=raw, using=using,
-                update_fields=update_fields,
-            )
-        with transaction.atomic(using=using, savepoint=False):
-            if not raw:
-                self._save_parents(cls, using, update_fields)
-            updated = self._save_table(raw, cls, force_insert, force_update, using, update_fields)
-
-        self._state.db = using
-        self._state.adding = False
-
-        if not meta.auto_created and 'post_save' not in self.signals_to_disable:
-            post_save.send(
-                sender=origin, instance=self, created=(not updated),
-                update_fields=update_fields, raw=raw, using=using,
-            )
-
-        # Empty the signals in case it might be used somewhere else in future
-        self.signals_to_disable = []

tests/models.py

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 from model_utils.fields import MonitorField, SplitField, StatusField, UUIDField
 from model_utils.managers import InheritanceManager, JoinManagerMixin, QueryManager
 from model_utils.models import (
-    SaveSignalHandlingModel,
     SoftDeletableModel,
     StatusModel,
     TimeFramedModel,
@@ -446,10 +445,6 @@ class CustomNotPrimaryUUIDModel(models.Model):
     uuid = UUIDField(primary_key=False)
 
 
-class SaveSignalHandlingTestModel(SaveSignalHandlingModel):
-    name = models.CharField(max_length=20)
-
-
 class TimeStampWithStatusModel(TimeStampedModel, StatusModel):
     STATUS = Choices(
         ("active", _("active")),