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 18374,ImageField not validating due to missing libraries,fabian@…,nobody,"IMHO, it is worth to be mentioned in the documentation that `libjpeg` must be available on the system PRIOR to PIL being installed. Else, validating a form with an `ImageField` will fail with `corrupt image` error, due to `django/forms/fields.py` plays down the Exception in line 592, which most probably is `IOError: ""decoder jpeg not available""` On a Mac, it can be easily downloaded on http://ethan.tira-thompson.com/Mac_OS_X_Ports.html On most Linux distributions, `libjpeg-dev` is available in the repositories. Afterwards, PIL must be re-compiled and -installed in order to let it know about it.",Cleanup/optimization,closed,Documentation,1.4,Normal,fixed,,,Ready for checkin,1,0,0,0,0,0