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diff --git a/www/py-whitenoise/DESCR b/www/py-whitenoise/DESCR new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..48ac6c742f8 --- /dev/null +++ b/www/py-whitenoise/DESCR @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +WhiteNoise provides radically simplified static file serving for Python +web apps. + +With a couple of lines of config WhiteNoise allows your web app to serve +its own static files, making it a self-contained unit that can be +deployed anywhere without relying on nginx, Amazon S3 or any other +external service. (Especially useful on Heroku, OpenShift and other PaaS +providers.) + +It’s designed to work nicely with a CDN for high-traffic sites so you +don’t have to sacrifice performance to benefit from simplicity. + +WhiteNoise works with any WSGI-compatible app but has some special +auto-configuration features for Django. + +WhiteNoise takes care of best-practices for you, for instance: + +- Serving compressed content (gzip and Brotli formats, handling +Accept-Encoding and Vary headers correctly) + +- Setting far-future cache headers on content which won’t change |