#10650: Clarify use of MEDIA_ROOT in default settings.py
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Reporter: tvon | Owner: nobody
Status: new | Milestone: 1.2
Component: File uploads/storage | Version: 1.0
Resolution: | Keywords:
Stage: Design decision needed | Has_patch: 0
Needs_docs: 0 | Needs_tests: 0
Needs_better_patch: 0 |
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Comment (by Muhammad Alkarouri):
By looking at the internet, I say this is a serious conceptual bug in
Django.
I have spent some time trying to wrap my head around this. And you get all
kind of different advice. For example,you get this
http://oebfare.com/blog/2007/dec/31/django-and-static-files/ which I have
to admit was following for some time. On the other hand, the documentation
for static files is actually correct
(http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/howto/static-files/) and it suggests
a new setting, STATIC_DOC_ROOT, for that.
My suggestion would be to:
1. Clarify the documentation of MEDIA_ROOT and MEDIA_URL as per the bug
report
2. Give more visibility to django.views.static.serve as a debug time way
of serving static files. Practically every project needs to serve static
files, and there is no point in not standardising the process.
3. Explain clearly the alternative way in deployment time. For example, if
deployed behind apache/mod_wsgi, the static directory can be configured
directly from apache as part of the deployment process.
If this is acceptable, I may look into providing the specific
documentation patches needed, though I have to say I do not know where to
start at the moment.
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