#14709: staticfiles app seems forced upon me
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Reporter: jcscoobyrs | Owner: nobody
Status: new | Milestone:
Component: Contrib apps | Version: 1.3-alpha
Resolution: | Keywords: staticfiles
Stage: Unreviewed | Has_patch: 0
Needs_docs: 0 | Needs_tests: 0
Needs_better_patch: 0 |
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Comment (by jcscoobyrs):
I did figure out a good way to workaround this. Since the only time I
need Django to be involved in my static file serving is in DEBUG/developer
mode, I was able to succumb to the new requirement and I set the
STATICFILES_URL/STATICFILES_DIRS settings. With those two settings in
place, I was able to use the staticfiles_urlpatterns from
django.contrib.staticfiles.urls. Now, this all makes sense because of the
following:
* The default TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS includes the
django.contrib.staticfiles.context_processors.staticfiles processor
* The STATICFILES_URL is only checked in DEBUG mode
* My urls only include the staticfiles_urlpatterns url(s) in DEBUG mode
I guess since there is a workaround this isn't that big of a deal, at
least for me. I still think there is a good bit of confusion around the
staticfiles app when it comes to how this problem manifested. The reason
it's confusing is because I didn't enable any django.contrib.staticfiles
app yet I'm getting errors related to this app. The error makes you feel
forced to use the staticfiles app and the only way to avoid it is using
the workaround I documented earlier. I even wonder if my workaround above
is working by mistake. While I know why this is happening and I have a
working workaround (for now), I still can't tell if this should be
happening the way it is.
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