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| author | Tim Graham <timograham@gmail.com> | 2015-02-01 21:06:27 -0500 |
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| committer | Tim Graham <timograham@gmail.com> | 2015-02-01 21:07:38 -0500 |
| commit | e775200e05d65605240c4562208140cbd9b087df (patch) | |
| tree | 977beefad5eba880fd69b315a219935e526eae7b | |
| parent | 341a20ff6c4daee3048a4c4c8fb0e8becf2a540f (diff) | |
[1.7.x] Simplified a versionchanged note for LiveServerTestCase.
Backport of 6d0538bd8c38e83a605c987a40081149b254b802 from stable/1.7.x
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/topics/testing/tools.txt | 24 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/docs/topics/testing/tools.txt b/docs/topics/testing/tools.txt index 3f7d833958..fcb7775c7f 100644 --- a/docs/topics/testing/tools.txt +++ b/docs/topics/testing/tools.txt @@ -762,23 +762,15 @@ out the `full reference`_ for more details. .. versionchanged:: 1.7 - Before Django 1.7 ``LiveServerTestCase`` used to rely on the - :doc:`staticfiles contrib app </howto/static-files/index>` to get the - static assets of the application(s) under test transparently served at their - expected locations during the execution of these tests. + In older versions, ``LiveServerTestCase`` relied on the :doc:`staticfiles + contrib app </howto/static-files/index>` to transparently serve static + files during the execution of tests. This functionality has been moved to + the :class:`~django.contrib.staticfiles.testing.StaticLiveServerTestCase` + subclass, so use that subclass if you need :ref:`the original behavior + <staticfiles-testing-support>`. - In Django 1.7 this dependency of core functionality on a ``contrib`` - application has been removed, because of which ``LiveServerTestCase`` - ability in this respect has been retrofitted to simply publish the contents - of the file system under :setting:`STATIC_ROOT` at the :setting:`STATIC_URL` - URL. - - If you use the ``staticfiles`` app in your project and need to perform live - testing then you might want to consider using the - :class:`~django.contrib.staticfiles.testing.StaticLiveServerTestCase` - subclass shipped with it instead because it's the one that implements the - original behavior now. See :ref:`the relevant documentation - <staticfiles-testing-support>` for more details. + ``LiveServerTestCase`` now simply publishes the contents of the file system + under :setting:`STATIC_ROOT` at the :setting:`STATIC_URL`. .. note:: |