From b82ac716d0dc692f1e323c6625954ddec90c50f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Adrian Holovaty Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 05:40:31 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Fixed #1638 -- Documented shortcomings of development server in docs/django-admin.txt git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@3062 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37 --- docs/django-admin.txt | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/django-admin.txt b/docs/django-admin.txt index 90f5f5e4ed..3334ae4530 100644 --- a/docs/django-admin.txt +++ b/docs/django-admin.txt @@ -148,7 +148,11 @@ If you run this script as a user with normal privileges (recommended), you might not have access to start a port on a low port number. Low port numbers are reserved for the superuser (root). -DO NOT USE THIS SERVER IN A PRODUCTION SETTING. +DO NOT USE THIS SERVER IN A PRODUCTION SETTING. It has not gone through +security audits or performance tests. (And that's how it's gonna stay. We're in +the business of making Web frameworks, not Web servers, so improving this +server to be able to handle a production environment is outside the scope of +Django.) The development server automatically reloads Python code for each request, as needed. You don't need to restart the server for code changes to take effect.