Run Django with gettext without database

Question

I've got a simple webform created with Django 1.6 without using a database backend, as I just don't need them. Now I want to make usage of gettext for some i18n, but I'm getting a

settings.DATABASES is improperly configured. Please supply the ENGINE value. Check settings documentation for more details.

Is their any way to don't make usage of any or should I really configure sqlite at minimum?

Answer 1

Look at this article http://softwaremaniacs.org/blog/2011/01/07/django-micro-framework/ It was written in russian, but from code you can see the main goal.