Installation missing a STATIC_ROOT step

Python version any

Django version 4.2.7

Package version 0.10.1

Current behavior (bug description) The documentation is missing a step that says that you need to define STATIC_ROOT in the settings.py: for example

STATIC_ROOT = BASE_DIR / 'staticfiles'

If you don't have it you get this error:

PS C:\Users\Ethan\Desktop\code\ethanpolls> python manage.py collectstatic

You have requested to collect static files at the destination
location as specified in your settings.

This will overwrite existing files!
Are you sure you want to do this?

Type 'yes' to continue, or 'no' to cancel: yes
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\Ethan\Desktop\code\ethanpolls\manage.py", line 22, in <module>
    main()
  File "C:\Users\Ethan\Desktop\code\ethanpolls\manage.py", line 18, in main
    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
  File "C:\Users\Ethan\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.11_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python311\site-packages\django\core\management\__init__.py", line 442, in execute_from_command_line
    utility.execute()
  File "C:\Users\Ethan\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.11_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python311\site-packages\django\core\management\__init__.py", line 436, in execute
    self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
  File "C:\Users\Ethan\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.11_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python311\site-packages\django\core\management\base.py", line 412, in run_from_argv
    self.execute(*args, **cmd_options)
  File "C:\Users\Ethan\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.11_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python311\site-packages\django\core\management\base.py", line 458, in execute
    output = self.handle(*args, **options)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\Ethan\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.11_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python311\site-packages\django\contrib\staticfiles\management\commands\collectstatic.py", line 209, in handle
    collected = self.collect()
                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\Ethan\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.11_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python311\site-packages\django\contrib\staticfiles\management\commands\collectstatic.py", line 135, in collect
    handler(path, prefixed_path, storage)
  File "C:\Users\Ethan\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.11_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python311\site-packages\django\contrib\staticfiles\management\commands\collectstatic.py", line 368, in copy_file
    if not self.delete_file(path, prefixed_path, source_storage):
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\Ethan\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.11_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python311\site-packages\django\contrib\staticfiles\management\commands\collectstatic.py", line 278, in delete_file
    if self.storage.exists(prefixed_path):
       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\Ethan\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.11_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python311\site-packages\django\core\files\storage\filesystem.py", line 165, in exists
    return os.path.lexists(self.path(name))
                           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\Ethan\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.11_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python311\site-packages\django\contrib\staticfiles\storage.py", line 39, in path
    raise ImproperlyConfigured(
django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: You're using the staticfiles app without having set the STATIC_ROOT setting to a filesystem path.

Expected behavior following the documentation results in no error

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Installation missing a STATIC_ROOT step #165

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