Hello Thomas On Sat, 7 Sep 2002, Thomas Raschbacher wrote: > how 'big' r the chances that there will be a kind of 'make install' for > Webware installing it for system-wide use? > > if not.. r there any special things to consider?
Some thoughts: - Installing Webware involves calling install.py at its final location - While, probably, most Unix systems put binaries into /usr/local/bin, there is no such established convention for Python files. - Which user should run the WebKit app server? Do you need a special user? What about multiple users each running an app server? I think there's no "best way" here, or rather, it depends on your needs. - Depending on the meaning of "system-wide use" you could also offer an easy way to set up "app work dirs" (see MakeAppWorkDir.py) with the correct permissions so that the user under which the (an?) app server later runs has write access to the log and session directories etc. - mod_webkit (on Unix) or wkcgi (on Windows) could be installed or not. - Startup scripts can vary across platforms, including between different Unix systems. Recently, I've put together a "port" of Webware for FreeBSD and submitted it to the FreeBSD project (for information on the "ports system" see http://www.freebsd.org/ports/index.html). This also includes an install script (and one for deinstallation) that you could use as a basis. Send me a mail if you want to get the most current version (a gzipped tar file). Stefan ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: OSDN - Tired of that same old cell phone? Get a new here for FREE! https://www.inphonic.com/r.asp?r=sourceforge1&refcode1=vs3390 _______________________________________________ Webware-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/webware-discuss
