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
3221	[patch] unhelpful error message when include() set incorrectly	imbaczek@…	oggie_rob	"instead of 'module' has no attribute 'urlpatterns', a more useful error message would be nice to have, as I just wasted 30 mins of time just to notice I forgot to append .urls in an include() in urlconf.

I've patched my django.core.urlresolvers with this:
{{{
Index: urlresolvers.py
===================================================================
--- urlresolvers.py     (wersja 4270)
+++ urlresolvers.py     (kopia robocza)
@@ -157,6 +157,8 @@
         match = self.regex.search(path)
         if match:
             new_path = path[match.end():]
+            if not hasattr(self.urlconf_module, 'urlpatterns'):
+                raise AttributeError('urlpatterns in module %s not found, is the parent urlconf correct?'%self.urlconf_module.__name__)
             for pattern in self.urlconf_module.urlpatterns:
                 try:
                     sub_match = pattern.resolve(new_path)
}}}"	enhancement	closed	Core (Other)		minor	fixed			Accepted	1	0	0	0