[Answer]-Python project setting for production and developement

What we usually do in our Django projects is create versions of all configuration files for each platform (dev, prod, etc…) and use symlinks to select the correct one. Now that Windows supports links properly, this solution fits everybody.

If you insist on another configuration file, try making it a Python file that just imports the proper configuration file, so instead of name="development" you’ll have something like execfile('development_settings.py')