this is not a bad idea it should be possible to write a simple script to build the web2py.zip and modify gaehandler to use zipimport. Any takers?
On Apr 11, 8:12 am, sam lee <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I have a few applications that I would like to deploy to single > appengine app (say, example.appspot.com). > > I was wondering if I can have the following directory structure: > > appengine_proj/ > web2py.zip > gaehandler.py > app.yaml > applications/ > application1 > application2 > ... > > gaehander.py will add web2py.zip to sys.path (zipimport). > And, web2py.zip contains essential files (mostly .pyc files) > > According > tohttp://groups.google.com/group/web2py/browse_thread/thread/f51d47136e... > there doesn't seem to be a way to place applications outside web2py/ > applications directory. > > I just wanted to have my appengine_proj directory structured that way > for cleanness: if I use version control, I would ignore web2py.zip. > > Also, since web2py.zip is compressed, appcfg update might take shorter > since file is smaller :P (well, unless appcfg update actually uses > rsync type of method to upload only modified files). > > So, if you are deploying to appengine, do you use zipimport at all? Or > do you unzip web2py source and write your applications under web2py/ > applications? > > Thanks. > Sam -- To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject.

