#6896: Add ability to store only relative paths in a FilePathField
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Reporter: graham.carlyle@… | Owner: nobody
Type: New feature | Status: closed
Component: Database layer | Version: master
(models, ORM) | Resolution: wontfix
Severity: Normal | Triage Stage: Design
Keywords: | decision needed
Has patch: 1 | Needs documentation: 0
Needs tests: 0 | Patch needs improvement: 1
Easy pickings: 0 | UI/UX: 0
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Comment (by chris.case@…):
I don't understand the fear of adding an option. !FilePathField already
has several, and they already have defaults. A new user doesn't have to
make a decision if the core development team's already made it for him.
That's the point of providing sane defaults, something django's extremely
good at.
One of the things I love about django is it's "Batteries Included"
approach. In this regard, the ability to store relative paths should be a
no-brainer. What's more (maybe I'm just special, but...) I've never once
wanted to use a !FileFieldPath with an absolute path. All my use cases
have required it to be relative (since I'm typically pre-populating the
database with fixtures, and deploying on a different machine than I
develop on). It's finally annoyed me enough to come comment on this
ticket.
Personally, I don't think you give your users enough credit. "relative
paths" aren't a crazy concept that only the Computer Elite can fathom...
it's a basic consideration that crops up often in web development. Grab a
random django newbie, and ask them if you want; I'll bet you 20 bucks that
they don't stumble on this.
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