old_contents: from __future__ import unicode_literals
  from django.contrib import admin
  
  
  class SortableModelAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
      """
      ModelAdmin that automatically sets the ``sort_index`` of newly added items
      last in their parent. It also makes ``sort_index`` read-only by default.
  
      Used just like ``django.contrib.admin.ModelAdmin``.
      """
  
      #: If this is ``True`` (the default), we make the ``sort_index`` field
      #: read-only. Override this to avoid this magic (typically for debugging).
      make_sort_index_readonly = True
  
      def save_model(self, request, obj, form, change):
          """
          Overridden to set the sortindex on save if the pk is None.
          """
          if obj.sort_index is None:
              if obj.pk is None:
                  self.model.objects.set_newitem_sort_index_to_last(obj)
          super(SortableModelAdmin, self).save_model(request, obj, form, change)
  
      def get_readonly_fields(self, request, obj=None):
          """
          Overridden to make the sortindex readonly if :obj:`.make_sort_index_readonly`
          is ``True``.
          """
          readonly_fields = super(SortableModelAdmin, self).get_readonly_fields(request, obj=obj)
          if self.make_sort_index_readonly:
              readonly_fields = list(readonly_fields)
              if 'sort_index' not in readonly_fields:
                  readonly_fields.append('sort_index')
          return readonly_fields
  
new_contents: from __future__ import unicode_literals
  from django.contrib import admin
  
  
  class SortableModelAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
      """
      ModelAdmin that automatically sets the ``sort_index`` of newly added items
      last in their parent. It also makes ``sort_index`` read-only by default.
  
      Used just like ``django.contrib.admin.ModelAdmin``.
      """
  
      #: If this is ``True`` , we make the ``sort_index`` field
      #: read-only. Override this to avoid this magic (typically for debugging).
      make_sort_index_readonly = False
  
      def save_model(self, request, obj, form, change):
          """
          Overridden to set the sortindex on save if the pk is None.
          """
          if obj.sort_index is None:
              if obj.pk is None:
                  self.model.objects.set_newitem_sort_index_to_last(obj)
          super(SortableModelAdmin, self).save_model(request, obj, form, change)
  
      def get_readonly_fields(self, request, obj=None):
          """
          Overridden to make the sortindex readonly if :obj:`.make_sort_index_readonly`
          is ``True``.
          """
          readonly_fields = super(SortableModelAdmin, self).get_readonly_fields(request, obj=obj)
          if self.make_sort_index_readonly:
              readonly_fields = list(readonly_fields)
              if 'sort_index' not in readonly_fields:
                  readonly_fields.append('sort_index')
          return readonly_fields
  
subject: Set default for make_sort_index_readonly to ``False``.