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22315	str/bytes mismatch in ManifestFilesMixin causes failure on Python 3	David Evans	nobody	"The issue is that `load_manifest` returns bytes rather than a string which then gets fed into `json.loads` inside `read_manifest` resulting in:

{{{
TypeError: can't use a string pattern on a bytes-like object
}}}

`read_manifest` doesn't get exercised in the test suite, hence the issue not being spotted.

I'll try to submit a patch soon, but just registering the issue first."	Bug	closed	contrib.staticfiles	dev	Normal	fixed			Accepted	1	0	0	0	0	0