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 21750,STATIC_ROOT is required in 1.7,Aymeric Augustin,nobody,"In Django 1.7, STATIC_ROOT is required to use the staticfiles app, while it wasn't in Django 1.6 and earlier. For instance I'm encountering the following error when running the debug toolbar's test suite. {{{ ImproperlyConfigured: You're using the staticfiles app without having set the STATIC_ROOT setting to a filesystem path. }}} If this was done on purpose, it should be documented in the release notes.",Bug,closed,contrib.staticfiles,1.6,Release blocker,fixed,,loic@…,Accepted,1,0,0,0,0,0