#23705: mod_wsgi deployment documentation includes unncessary AliasMatch
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Reporter: kezabelle | Owner: nobody
Type: Cleanup/optimization | Status: new
Component: Documentation | Version: master
Severity: Normal | Keywords:
Triage Stage: Unreviewed | Has patch: 0
Easy pickings: 0 | UI/UX: 0
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[https://github.com/django/django/blob/1b2debe89684724f0617bb89aa49cb70273ab0f1/docs/howto/deployment/wsgi/modwsgi.txt#L136
This line in the docs] appears to be a remnant of the time before
staticfiles:
{{{
AliasMatch ^/([^/]*\.css) /path/to/mysite.com/static/styles/$1
}}}
which as far as I understand it, is to allow domain-root-relative CSS
files to be point through to staticfiles `collectstatic` output.
Off the top of my head, this seems like it would sidestep using `{% static
"file.css" %}` (which would still work) and is not required in any
sane/tidy configuration [and probably makes it harder to load those files
in the dev server by virtue of needing another urlconf pattern].
It additionally has the burden of implying that `static/styles` exists, or
is the only place CSS files could reside [the `static/styles` path is
*only* mentioned in that AliasMatch]
It looks like the commit that introduced it was
9fd19c01611e5ed1ed64bbeb462ab96499d72a6c, in the 1.1 days. Two tickets
have existed: #13912 and #11229, also both back in the pre-staticfiles
days. It appears to have just been carried forward across renames
accidentally, IMHO, and I can't think of a great reason for it being
there.
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