#22298: Rename Media to Static
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Reporter: aaugustin | Owner: vlal
Type: Cleanup/optimization | Status: assigned
Component: Forms | Version: master
Severity: Normal | Resolution:
Keywords: | Triage Stage: Accepted
Has patch: 0 | Needs documentation: 0
Needs tests: 0 | Patch needs improvement: 0
Easy pickings: 0 | UI/UX: 0
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Comment (by charettes):
Replying to [comment:3 russellm]:
> Just throwing this out there on the stoop to see if the cat licks it up:
is there any evidence that Media objects are actually being used?
>
> I added this feature years ago, but it's not one of my proudest API
moments - it didn't really solve the problem I was trying to fix.
>
> Rather than go through a complicated rename process, should we just be
deprecating it altogether?
I think it's pretty common to define a widget with a `Media` class to
reference static files (a JavaScript file enhancing the rendered input for
instance).
It's also quite convenient way for third party apps to provide a fully
bootstrapped object.
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