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 30308,Clarify in documentation that runserver is overridden for django.contrib.staticfiles,David Beitey,nobody,"In the main [https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/howto/static-files/#serving-static-files-during-development static files] documentation, the serving process is generally explained that `runserver` will automatically serve files if DEBUG is set to true. This isn't quite the full story because it's not the _original_ `runserver` that is being used, and rather it's the one from `django.contrib.staticfiles`. This gets explained if you [https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/contrib/staticfiles/#runserver dig deeper], but it isn't clear what's happening before getting this deep. PR at https://github.com/django/django/pull/11121 This PR makes a clarification to the wording of this section in the docs to explain ''how'' `runserver` is working its magic, and that if you have a custom `runserver` command (like I did), you need a special strategy. ",Uncategorized,closed,Documentation,2.2,Normal,wontfix,,,Unreviewed,1,0,0,0,0,0