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diff --git a/docs/topics/testing/overview.txt b/docs/topics/testing/overview.txt index 89b38f7573..d7af823038 100644 --- a/docs/topics/testing/overview.txt +++ b/docs/topics/testing/overview.txt @@ -1041,11 +1041,25 @@ out the `full reference`_ for more details. .. _full reference: http://selenium-python.readthedocs.org/en/latest/api.html .. _Firefox: http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/ -.. note:: +.. 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 Django 1.7 this dependency of core functionality on a ``contrib`` + appplication 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. - ``LiveServerTestCase`` makes use of the :doc:`staticfiles contrib app - </howto/static-files/index>` so you'll need to have your project configured - accordingly (in particular by setting :setting:`STATIC_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.StaticLiveServerCase` 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. .. note:: |