I'm jumping in because I initially learned Django on Windows, and used it
for development for almost two years.
I don't think this is a Django issue. As a beginner, the things that really
messed with me weren't Django specific - they were parts of the Python
ecosystem that are just terrible on
On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 6:28 PM, Kevin Veroneau wrote:
> I believe, it would be most beneficial for the Django website to provide
> such an option. I bet most Windows users who hear about Django visit the
> website, but don't see a download link for their system. These users will
> either seek h
I am posting this here as I feel it is related to the development of
Django, since it is related to it's distribution to end-users.
Something that web2py has provided for a long time is a nice Windows
installer to help Windows users start using web2py right away with
zero-effort, similar to how
Hi,
On Saturday 22 December 2012, Florian Apolloner wrote:
> On Saturday, December 22, 2012 10:35:59 PM UTC+1, Ben Porter wrote:
> > I would like to see support for relative paths. It seems the solution is
> > simple, but I wonder if there is some compelling reason to require
> > absolute paths?
Hi,
On Saturday, December 22, 2012 10:35:59 PM UTC+1, Ben Porter wrote:
>
> I would like to see support for relative paths. It seems the solution is
> simple, but I wonder if there is some compelling reason to require absolute
> paths?
It would seem so but it is everything but simple: First o
Hi,
As per the suggestion in the ticket
(https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/694), I'm starting a thread for
discussing the issue. Please see the ticket for complete context, but in
summary: the TEMPLATE_DIRS list in settings.py accepts only absolute paths
- and many django installations us
