django-oscar/django-oscar — pull request #1568 by mbertheau (2014-11-21 13:45:44+00:00)
Title: Remove django-compressor

And replace it with a gulp file that automatically rebuilds the css when the less files change and possibly more bells and whistles.

I feel that django-compressor adds too much runtime complexity for frontend developer convenience that she is now used to getting from gulp and friends. Also, gulp and friends do a much better job at being convenient for the modern frontend developer:

- sourcemap support
- freedom of choice to use or not use django-compressor in the frontend. Right now if you want to use django-compressor in the frontend, you have to use it in the backend as well.
- no confusion and complexity arising from the fact that django-compressor parses templates outside of their normal context, bypassing inheritance (Blocks `jquery-ui-(js|css)` by yours truly)

I'm implementing this as we speak.

Concerns #796.