STATIC_ROOT is not considered when serving static files with staticfiles_urlpatterns

[Carlo Pires]

As django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.FileSystemFinder blocks settings.STATIC_ROOT to be on
settings.STATICFILES_DIR, django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.find() should consider settings.STATIC_ROOT on lookup for static files.

[Jannis Leidel]

I don't understand what setting STATIC_ROOT dynamically would bring.

To reiterate, STATIC_ROOT is not the file system location you put your static files into but where the staticfiles' app collectstatic management command copies files to. In other words, if you have separate directories you want the staticfiles app to consider to copy, just add those separate directories to the STATICFILES_DIRS setting. For example if you have a "project" static directory, e.g.:

STATIC_ROOT = "/var/www/static"
STATIC_URL = "/static/"
STATICFILES_DIRS = (
    "/path/to/my/site/project/static",
)

[Carlo Pires]

This SHOULD be on documentation to avoid confusion:

"STATIC_ROOT is not the file system location you put your static files into but where the staticfiles' app collectstatic management command copies files to."

[Jannis Leidel]

Replying to carlopires:

This SHOULD be on documentation to avoid confusion:

"STATIC_ROOT is not the file system location you put your static files into but where the staticfiles' app collectstatic management command copies files to."

This is covered here: ​http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#std:setting-STATIC_ROOT