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12323	Ease handling of static files (e.g. included in apps)	Viktor	Jannis Leidel	"Separating user uploaded media from site-specific media seems to be meaningful. Thus a separate STATIC_URL, STATIC_ROOT setting would be helpful.
A description of [http://lincolnloop.com/blog/2008/nov/13/static-media-and-django/ this approach is given by Peter Baumgartner].

The attached patch adds STATIC_URL and STATIC_ROOT to global_settings defaulting them to MEDIA_URL and MEDIA_ROOT, respectively.
The patch works with 1.1 and trunk too."		closed	Core (Other)			fixed	settings, media_url, media_root, static_url, static_root	Jannis Leidel	Accepted	1	0	0	0	0	0