#15202: Changeset 15376 breaks implementation
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Reporter: liorsion | Owner:
Status: closed | Milestone:
Component: django.contrib.staticfiles | Version: SVN
Resolution: invalid | Keywords:
Triage Stage: Unreviewed | Has patch: 0
Needs documentation: 0 | Needs tests: 0
Patch needs improvement: 0 |
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Changes (by carljm):
* status: new => closed
* needs_better_patch: => 0
* resolution: => invalid
* needs_tests: => 0
* needs_docs: => 0
Comment:
No, adding STATIC_ROOT to STATICFILES_DIRS is not sensible, and will break
things. STATIC_ROOT is a _destination_ directory, not a _source_ directory
for static files. Adding STATIC_ROOT to STATICFILES_DIRS is, in essence,
asking "collectstatic" to do an infinite recursive copy. The fact that
some people are doing this indicates even more clearly the need for the
code check to alert them that they are misunderstanding how these settings
work.
The docs were not as clear on this point as they should have been, and in
fact contained some outright misleading statements about STATIC_ROOT, so
it's not surprising people have been confused about this. I reworked them
yesterday and today to hopefully provide better clarity before the 1.3
release.
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