Fixed #23276 -- Deprecated passing views as strings to url().

django/contrib/staticfiles/urls.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.conf.urls.static import static
+from django.contrib.staticfiles.views import serve
 
 urlpatterns = []
 
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ def staticfiles_urlpatterns(prefix=None):
     """
     if prefix is None:
         prefix = settings.STATIC_URL
-    return static(prefix, view='django.contrib.staticfiles.views.serve')
+    return static(prefix, view=serve)
 
 # Only append if urlpatterns are empty
 if settings.DEBUG and not urlpatterns:

django/contrib/staticfiles/views.py

@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ def serve(request, path, insecure=False, **kwargs):
 
     To use, put a URL pattern such as::
 
-        (r'^(?P<path>.*)$', 'django.contrib.staticfiles.views.serve')
+        from django.contrib.staticfiles import views
+
+        url(r'^(?P<path>.*)$', views.serve)
 
     in your URLconf.