id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc	stage	has_patch	needs_docs	needs_tests	needs_better_patch	easy	ui_ux
14582	django.contrib.staticfiles development file serving is backward-incompatible if MEDIA_URL was pointing to /static/ folder	Mikhail Korobov	Jannis Leidel	"My project has these settings:

{{{
# settings.py
MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(PROJECT_PATH, 'static')
MEDIA_URL = '/static/'
}}}

{{{
#urls.py
if settings.DEBUG:
    urlpatterns += patterns('',
        (r'^static/(?P<path>.*)$', 'django.views.static.serve', {'document_root': settings.MEDIA_ROOT}),
    )
}}}

after updating from django 1.2 to django trunk @14352 static files serving during development becomes broken: all requests to static files return 404 error now. 
"		closed	Contrib apps	dev		fixed	staticfiles	tkaemming	Accepted	1	0	0	0	0	0