Splitting some of the stuff out of settings.py into settings_common.py (new file) to hold directives that need to be versioned. It sucks having to tell people to re-build their settings.py file from settings.py.dist when changes are made.

apps/website/webcontext.py

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-from django.conf import settings
 import gameconf
 
 def general_context(request):
@@ -7,5 +6,4 @@ def general_context(request):
     """
     return {
         'game_name': gameconf.get_configvalue('site_name'),
-        'media_url': settings.MEDIA_URL,
     }

settings.py.dist

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import settings_common
+
 # A list of ports to listen on. Can be one or many.
 GAMEPORTS = [4000]
 
@@ -106,35 +108,7 @@ ADMIN_MEDIA_PREFIX = '/media/amedia/'
 # Make this unique, and don't share it with anybody.
 # NOTE: If you change this after creating any accounts, your users won't be
 # able to login, as the SECRET_KEY is used to salt passwords.
-SECRET_KEY = 'fsd&lkj^LKJ8398200(@)(38919#23892(*$*#(981'
-
-# List of callables that know how to import templates from various sources.
-TEMPLATE_LOADERS = (
-    'django.template.loaders.filesystem.load_template_source',
-    'django.template.loaders.app_directories.load_template_source',
-#     'django.template.loaders.eggs.load_template_source',
-)
-
-# MiddleWare are semi-transparent extensions to Django's functionality.
-# see http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/middleware/ for a more detailed
-# explanation.
-MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
-    'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
-    'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
-    'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
-    'django.middleware.doc.XViewMiddleware',
-    'django.contrib.flatpages.middleware.FlatpageFallbackMiddleware',
-)
-
-# Context processors define context variables, generally for the template
-# system to use.
-TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS = (
-    'django.core.context_processors.auth',
-    'django.core.context_processors.debug',
-    'django.core.context_processors.i18n',
-#    'django.core.context_processors.media', Broken, what's up?
-    'apps.website.webcontext.general_context',
-)
+SECRET_KEY = 'changeme!(*#&*($&*(#*(&SDFKJJKLS*(@#KJAS'
 
 # The name of the currently selected web template. This corresponds to the
 # directory names shown in the webtemplates directory.
@@ -147,20 +121,7 @@ TEMPLATE_DIRS = (
     "%s/webtemplates/%s" % (BASE_PATH, ACTIVE_TEMPLATE),
 )
 
-# Global and Evennia-specific apps. This ties everything together so we can
-# refer to app models and perform DB syncs.
-INSTALLED_APPS = (
-    'django.contrib.auth',
-    'django.contrib.sites',
-    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
-    'django.contrib.sessions',
-    'django.contrib.admin',
-    'django.contrib.flatpages',
-    'apps.config',
-    'apps.objects',
-    'apps.helpsys',
-    'apps.genperms',
-    'apps.news',
-    'apps.website',
-)
-
+TEMPLATE_LOADERS = settings_common.TEMPLATE_LOADERS
+MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = settings_common.MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES
+TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS = settings_common.TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS
+INSTALLED_APPS = settings_common.INSTALLED_APPS