collectstatic will recollect some files all the time.

[Florian Apolloner]

Apparently getmtime returns different results due to some rounding errors thx to using floats for the time. os.stat_float_times(False) in collectstatic fixes it. Another solution would be to make the comparison accept an small offset (0.146508 seconds aren't that useful after all).

[Florian Apolloner]

I also think, that the comparison should be dest_mtime >= source_mtime, as I doubt we can rely on the backend (read any non local backend) to not change the mtime.

[Jannis Leidel]

(In [14533]) Fixed #14524, #14582, #14617, #14665 and #14667 -- Tweaked staticfiles app.

• Updated StaticFilesHandler and AdminMediaHandler to make use of the 404 handler if needed.

• Updated runserver management command to serve static files only in DEBUG mode (or if specified the --insecure option) and if the staticfiles app is in INSTALLED_APPS. Also added an option to disable serving completely (--nostatic).

• Added check in debug mode if STATICFILES_* settings are different to MEDIA_* settings.

• Removed a faulty PendingDeprecationWarning in AdminMediaHandler that is triggered every time runserver is used.

• Fixed an issue with the modification time checks when running collectstatic.

• Extended and refined documentation.

Thanks to everyone for input, especially to Carl Meyer, Ted Kaemming and
Adam Vandenberg for patches.

[Jacob]

Milestone 1.3 deleted