#11679: Allow different directory for server_pool communication
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Reporter: jdemeyer | Owner: jason, mpatel, was
Type: enhancement | Status: needs_work
Priority: major | Milestone: sage-4.7.2
Component: notebook | Keywords:
Work_issues: | Upstream: N/A
Reviewer: | Author: Jeroen Demeyer
Merged: | Dependencies:
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Comment(by jdemeyer):
Replying to [comment:4 was]:
> I'm concerned -- I think this would first time any environment variable
is used to configure the notebook. I think there is a much better and
more standard way to implement this feature, which is unfortunately more
work and requires knowing a lot more about how the notebook works.
However, it is better in the longrun, since it will be much less confusing
to admins and easier to maintain.
>
> For the notebook, implementing the following would be much more natural:
> {{{
> notebook(local_directory = '/path/you/want', ...)
> }}}
>
> This would involve modifying the notebook.py file by editing
"new_worksheet_process" and run_notebook.py, etc. Also, this new option
would be part of the server configuration database (currently a pickle,
but someday a SQL table), so it would automatically be something that can
be edited graphically by the notebook admin from the notebook
configuration settings webpage.
>
> So a big +1 to having this feature, but -1 to using environment
variables in the longrun to implement it, since we already have a standard
system for configuring the server, and it isn't via environment variables.
>
> Thoughts?
Well, using environment variables for temporary directories is not
unusual, see the fairly standard use of `TPMDIR`.
On the other hand, you are right that it would be a new way to configure
the notebook. So my answer is "Yes, you are probably right but I'm not
going to implement it". I do think this is a very useful feature.
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