Changed all status to start with Uppercase letters, made 3 properties required. Changed all the status to start with Uppercase letters because they are publicly visible. Also changed required=True to False for created_by, modified_by property to allow site admin to create and modify tasks. Also changed required=True to False for history to allow history not to be written until the task is published.

"Decorator for views that gzips pages if the client supports it."

from django.utils.decorators import decorator_from_middleware
from django.middleware.gzip import GZipMiddleware

gzip_page = decorator_from_middleware(GZipMiddleware)