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25689	Merge staticfiles into core	Collin Anderson	nobody	"(James Aylett on stage at duth)

If you accidentally use {% load static %} instead of {% load staticfiles %} you won't take advantage of storage engines. However, 3rd-party apps won't know if the staticfiles library is installed or not.

One solution he mentioned is having {% load static %} match the behavior of {% load admin_static %} (where it uses staticfiles only if it's installed), but that would probably involve core importing code from contrib (usually a no-no).

Another option he gave was merging staticfiles into core. He thought it might be contentious, but I think is actually a better idea."	Cleanup/optimization	closed	contrib.staticfiles	dev	Normal	wontfix		cmawebsite@…	Someday/Maybe	0	0	0	0	0	0