Ticket #7535: static.py.3.patch

static.py

@@ -59 +59 @@
     if not was_modified_since(request.META.get('HTTP_IF_MODIFIED_SINCE'),
                               statobj[stat.ST_MTIME], statobj[stat.ST_SIZE]):
         return HttpResponseNotModified()
-    mimetype = mimetypes.guess_type(fullpath)[0] or 'application/octet-stream'
+
+    mimetype, encoding = mimetypes.guess_type(fullpath)
+    mimetype = mimetype or 'application/octet-stream'
+
     contents = open(fullpath, 'rb').read()
     response = HttpResponse(contents, mimetype=mimetype)
+
     response["Last-Modified"] = http_date(statobj[stat.ST_MTIME])
+    if encoding:
+        response["Content-Encoding"] = encoding
     response["Content-Length"] = len(contents)
+
     return response
 
 DEFAULT_DIRECTORY_INDEX_TEMPLATE = """