old_contents: import os, sys, copy
  #from django.conf import settings
  from django.template import Template
  from django.template import Context
  from django.utils.module_loading import import_string
  from arches.management.commands import utils
  
  class AppSettings(object):
  
      def __init__(self, path_to_settings_file='arches.settings'):
          #settings = import_string(path_to_settings_file)
          settings = reload(import_string(path_to_settings_file))
  
          self.load(settings)
          #print 'mode=%s' % self.settings['MODE']
  
      def load(self, settings):
          self.settings = settings.__dict__.copy()
          #print id(self.settings)
  
      def get(self, key, default=None):
          return self.settings.get(key, default)
  
      def set(self, key, value):
          self.settings[key] = value
  
      def update(self, new_settings):
          for key, value in new_settings:
              self.set(key, value)
          self.save()
  
      def save(self):
          self.create_setingsfile(self.settings, os.path.join(self.settings['PACKAGE_ROOT'], 'settings_local.py'))
  
      def create_setingsfile(self, data, path_to_file):
          context = Context(data)
  
          t = Template(
          "MODE = '{{ MODE }}'\n"
          "DEBUG = {{ DEBUG }}\n"
          "DATABASES = {{ DATABASES }}\n"
          "\n"
          )
  
          utils.write_to_file(path_to_file, t.render(context));
new_contents: import os, sys, copy
  #from django.conf import settings
  from django.template import Template
  from django.template import Context
  from django.utils.module_loading import import_string
  from arches.management.commands import utils
  
  class AppSettings(object):
  
      def __init__(self, path_to_settings_file='arches.settings'):
          #settings = import_string(path_to_settings_file)
          settings = reload(import_string(path_to_settings_file))
  
          self.load(settings)
          #print 'mode=%s' % self.settings['MODE']
  
      def load(self, settings):
          self.settings = settings.__dict__.copy()
          #print id(self.settings)
  
      def get(self, key, default=None):
          return self.settings.get(key, default)
  
      def set(self, key, value):
          self.settings[key] = value
  
      def update(self, new_settings):
          for key, value in new_settings:
              self.set(key, value)
          self.save()
  
      def save(self):
          self.create_setingsfile(self.settings, os.path.join(self.settings['PACKAGE_ROOT'], 'settings_local.py'))
  
      def create_setingsfile(self, data, path_to_file):
          context = Context(data)
  
          t = Template(
          "MODE = '{{ MODE }}'\n"
          "DEBUG = {{ DEBUG }}\n"
          "\n"
          )
  
          utils.write_to_file(path_to_file, t.render(context));
subject: remove Database setting from app_settings until we resolve the issue of what settings the config manager is going to manage