Hi Tom,
On Friday, June 26, 2020 at 12:43:19 PM UTC+2 t...@carrick.eu wrote:
> I do have a use-case where having a default SECRET_KEY makes things much
> easier - docker.
>
> Normally you can't run management commands in a Dockerfile if there's no
> secret key (and often other things) set, and
>
> There is no reason Django should complain a missing secret key when it
> does not need one at all.
I agree with this. It is an extra step in making really basic apps that
don't use any encryption functionality. IIRC, the "Django needs a secret
key" check has always been a custom check rather
