On 2/27/07, Joshua J. Kugler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tuesday 27 February 2007 12:46, Chris Dew wrote: > > I'm new to Python and TurboGears. I haven't been able to find the > > answer to my question by Googling, possibly because "gzip" is > > everywhere on the web. > > > > The context of my question is: deploying a TurboGears application onto > > a system with limited (flash) storage. I am aware of the various > > compressed filesystems available, but I'm considering other > > approaches. > > > > Is it possible to deploy a TurboGears application with all/some of > > it's source .py and .kid files gzipped to save space? > > Python itself can import zipped files (zip, not gzip AFAIK). I've not tried > zipped kid files. I *think* it just overloads python's import routines, so > it might be able to.
I'd doubt that the templates would work, but the sources would. It's a non-trivial amount of effort though. You're probably prematurely optimizing though. Is it work that much effort to save (if you're REALLY lucky) about 1MB? -bob --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TurboGears" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/turbogears?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
