Django: Inherit Permissions from abstract models?

Question

Is it possible to inherit permissions from an abstract model in Django? I can not really find anything about that. For me this doesn't work!

class PublishBase(models.Model): 
    class Meta:
        abstract = True
        get_latest_by = 'created'
        permissions = (('change_foreign_items',
                        "Can change other user's items"),)

EDIT: Not working means it fails silently. Permission is not created, as it wouldn't exist on the models inheriting from this class.

Answer 1

The permissions are not inherited, if the child class also defines its own class Meta. I found the following work-around, which saves from having to define the permissions again on every child model:

class AbstractBaseModel(models.Model):
    class Meta:
        abstract = True
        permissions = (("test_permission","test permission"),)


class SomeClass(AbstractBaseModel):
    name = models.CharField(max_length=255,verbose_name="Name")

    class Meta(AbstractBaseModel.Meta):
        verbose_name = ....

No need to set abstract to false in the child Meta class, since Django sets it in the parent to False when processing it! http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/db/models/#meta-inheritance