[patch] serve media files from INSTALL_APP and sync them into MEDIA_ROOT

[dummy@…]

Hi,

the AdminMediaHandler looks into all INSTALL_APPs for media folders and serv the content in development mode. For production server a django-admin command syncmedia is created.

Regards,
Dirk

[dummy@…]

django/contrib/media/init.py

[Adrian Holovaty]

Django isn't meant to serve media files. That task should be delegated to another server, such as Apache or lighttpd. The admin-media serving capabilities of the Django development server are intended purely for convenience.

[dummy@…]

Hi Adrian,

I think you closed it a little bit to fast :(

This enhencement is intended purely for convenience! In development mode it served media files from installed apps. Think of css, js or img files in developing django apps.

To go into production the patch help to sync all media file in the installed apps into the MEDIA_ROOT folder of the media serving web server. Without the patch I had to copy all media files from the installed apps by hand into the correct MEDIA_ROOT folder and had to take care about the correct directory structure.

Regards,
Dirk

[Adrian Holovaty]

Hi Dirk,

Thanks for the contribution, but I've marked it as wontfix.