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
16504	PROJECT_ROOT ought to be in the generated project settings module	Daniel Greenfeld	rvanhoepen	"I see this used by a lot of people in a lot of projects. For experience developers they figure it out on their own. Beginning developers often miss it and hard code all their paths. This becomes a problem on deployment.

{{{
#!python

import os.path
PROJECT_ROOT = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
}}}

Possible alternative solution: Add this to an as-of-yet Django best practices page."	New feature	closed	Core (Other)	1.3	Normal	wontfix			Design decision needed	1	1	1	1	0	0