Fixed #13820 -- Started the deprecation process for mod_python. Thanks to Robert Coup for the patch.

git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@13648 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37

docs/howto/deployment/fastcgi.txt

@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@ serve pages to a Web server. The Web server delegates the incoming Web requests
 (via a socket) to FastCGI, which executes the code and passes the response back
 to the Web server, which, in turn, passes it back to the client's Web browser.
 
-Like mod_python, FastCGI allows code to stay in memory, allowing requests to be
-served with no startup time. Unlike mod_python_ (or `mod_perl`_), a FastCGI
-process doesn't run inside the Web server process, but in a separate,
+Like mod_wsgi, FastCGI allows code to stay in memory, allowing requests to be
+served with no startup time. While mod_wsgi can either be configured embedded
+in the Apache webserver process or as a separate daemon process, a FastCGI
+process never runs inside the Web server process, always in a separate,
 persistent process.
 
 .. _mod_wsgi: http://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/
 .. _mod_perl: http://perl.apache.org/
-.. _mod_python: http://www.modpython.org/
 
 .. admonition:: Why run code in a separate process?
 
@@ -35,8 +35,7 @@ persistent process.
     languages (most notably PHP, Python and Perl) inside the process space of
     your Web server. Although this lowers startup time -- because code doesn't
     have to be read off disk for every request -- it comes at the cost of
-    memory use. For mod_python, for example, every Apache process gets its own
-    Python interpreter, which uses up a considerable amount of RAM.
+    memory use.
 
     Due to the nature of FastCGI, it's even possible to have processes that run
     under a different user account than the Web server process. That's a nice
@@ -361,7 +360,7 @@ Serving admin media files
 
 Regardless of the server and configuration you eventually decide to use, you
 will also need to give some thought to how to serve the admin media files. The
-advice given in the :ref:`modpython <serving-the-admin-files>` documentation
+advice given in the :ref:`mod_wsgi <serving-the-admin-files>` documentation
 is also applicable in the setups detailed above.
 
 Forcing the URL prefix to a particular value

docs/howto/deployment/index.txt

@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ ways to easily deploy Django:
    :maxdepth: 1
 
    modwsgi
-   modpython
    fastcgi
+   mod_python (deprecated) <modpython>
 
 If you're new to deploying Django and/or Python, we'd recommend you try
 :doc:`mod_wsgi </howto/deployment/modwsgi>` first. In most cases it'll be the easiest,

docs/howto/deployment/modpython.txt

@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 How to use Django with Apache and mod_python
 ============================================
 
+.. warning::
+
+    Support for mod_python will be deprecated in a future release of Django. If
+    you are configuring a new deployment, you are strongly encouraged to
+    consider using :doc:`mod_wsgi </howto/deployment/modwsgi>` or any of the
+    other :doc:`supported backends </howto/deployment/index>`.
+
 .. highlight:: apache
 
 The `mod_python`_ module for Apache_ can be used to deploy Django to a
@@ -214,8 +221,6 @@ Or add the debugging information to the template of your page.
 
 .. _mod_python documentation: http://modpython.org/live/current/doc-html/directives.html
 
-.. _serving-media-files:
-
 Serving media files
 ===================
 
@@ -267,10 +272,6 @@ the ``media`` subdirectory and any URL that ends with ``.jpg``, ``.gif`` or
 .. _Apache: http://httpd.apache.org/
 .. _Cherokee: http://www.cherokee-project.com/
 
-.. _howto-deployment-modpython-serving-the-admin-files:
-
-.. _serving-the-admin-files:
-
 Serving the admin files
 =======================
 

docs/howto/deployment/modwsgi.txt

@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ just above the final ``import`` line to place your project on the path. Remember
 replace 'mysite.settings' with your correct settings file, and '/usr/local/django'
 with your own project's location.
 
+.. _serving-media-files:
+
 Serving media files
 ===================
 
@@ -106,6 +108,29 @@ in the mod_wsgi documentation on `hosting static files`_.
 
 .. _hosting static files: http://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/wiki/ConfigurationGuidelines#Hosting_Of_Static_Files
 
+.. _serving-the-admin-files:
+
+Serving the admin files
+=======================
+
+Note that the Django development server automagically serves admin media files,
+but this is not the case when you use any other server arrangement. You're
+responsible for setting up Apache, or whichever media server you're using, to
+serve the admin files.
+
+The admin files live in (:file:`django/contrib/admin/media`) of the Django
+distribution.
+
+Here are two recommended approaches:
+
+    1. Create a symbolic link to the admin media files from within your
+       document root. This way, all of your Django-related files -- code **and**
+       templates -- stay in one place, and you'll still be able to ``svn
+       update`` your code to get the latest admin templates, if they change.
+
+    2. Or, copy the admin media files so that they live within your Apache
+       document root.
+
 Details
 =======