I'm biased in that I don't do any GAE development, but even though it's "only" 7MB, it seems like a big jump relative to the size of the current code base. If you exclude the "examples" directory under applications, the web2py source tree comes in at about 5 megs. I really like the lightweight feel of the environment as it is. Is it worth more than doubling the size of the core source tree to support a special deployment case?
Would it make more sense to have a "GAE deployment add-on" package that is easy to download and install into contrib (maybe from admin)? Out of curiosity, does anybody have a feel for what percentage of web2py users deploy to GAE? Admittedly this number may go up significantly if an easy integrated deployment option is available, but it would be worth knowing how many people might benefit from this change. Kevin
