Re: [Web-SIG] Move to bless Graham's WSGI 1.1 as official spec

2009-11-27 Thread Aaron Watters
I second the move, recorded here: http://listtree.appspot.com/wsgi2/ICvaujouPxb2gfEhDS_aiw -- Aaron Watters --- On Thu, 11/26/09, James Y Knight wrote: > From: James Y Knight > Subject: [Web-SIG] Move to bless Graham's WSGI 1.1 as official spec > To: "Web SIG" > Date: Thursday, November 26

Re: [Web-SIG] Move to bless Graham's WSGI 1.1 as official spec

2009-11-27 Thread P.J. Eby
At 08:42 PM 11/26/2009 -0500, James Y Knight wrote: I move to bless mod_wsgi's definition of WSGI 1.1 [1] as the official definition of WSGI 1.1, which describes how to implement WSGI adapters for both Python 2.x and 3.x. It may not be perfect, but, it's been implemented twice, and seems ot hav

Re: [Web-SIG] Move to bless Graham's WSGI 1.1 as official spec

2009-11-27 Thread James Y Knight
On Nov 27, 2009, at 10:20 AM, P.J. Eby wrote: > Second, I do not think that the "additional guarantees/requirements" can be > safely added to a 1.x version, as they make it impossible for an app to tell > whether it's *really* running under 1.1 or under a broken piece of middleware > that's pass

Re: [Web-SIG] Move to bless Graham's WSGI 1.1 as official spec

2009-11-27 Thread P.J. Eby
At 12:34 PM 11/27/2009 -0500, James Y Knight wrote: On Nov 27, 2009, at 10:20 AM, P.J. Eby wrote: > Second, I do not think that the "additional guarantees/requirements" can be safely added to a 1.x version, as they make it impossible for an app to tell whether it's *really* running under 1.1 o

Re: [Web-SIG] Move to bless Graham's WSGI 1.1 as official spec

2009-11-27 Thread Ian Bicking
On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 12:20 PM, P.J. Eby wrote: > >> > 1. The 'readline()' function of 'wsgi.input' may optionally take a size >> hint. >> >> Already de-facto required. Leaving it out helps no-one. KEEP. >> > > Fair enough, since it's a MAY. On the other hand, because it's a MAY, it > actually

Re: [Web-SIG] Move to bless Graham's WSGI 1.1 as official spec

2009-11-27 Thread Graham Dumpleton
Please ensure you have also all read: http://blog.dscpl.com.au/2009/10/details-on-wsgi-10-amendmentsclarificat.html I will post again later in detail when have some time to explain a few more points not mentioned in that post and where people aren't quite understanding the reasoning for doing thi

Re: [Web-SIG] http://wiki.python.org/moin/WebFrameworks

2009-11-27 Thread Mark Ramm
No dissent here. I think that page should be kept as up to date and relevant as possible, because we do have a diverse set of web tools, which can make it hard to choose, so having some summary is a very good thing. I also think that diversity is one of the most important signs of a healthy ecosys