Index: django/conf/global_settings.py
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--- django/conf/global_settings.py	(revision 6803)
+++ django/conf/global_settings.py	(working copy)
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@
 
 # The cache backend to use.  See the docstring in django.core.cache for the
 # possible values.
-CACHE_BACKEND = 'simple://'
+CACHE_BACKEND = 'locmem://'
 CACHE_MIDDLEWARE_KEY_PREFIX = ''
 CACHE_MIDDLEWARE_SECONDS = 600