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Sam Ruby updated WHIMSY-341: ---------------------------- Comment: was deleted (was: While the origin of RACK_ENV is unquestionably derived from rack usage, its usage has gone well beyond rack. As an example, the de facto way to determine if one is running in a test environment is to check if RACK_ENV is "test" . See, for example, [https://docs.travis-ci.com/user/environment-variables/]) > Use of RACK_ENV for Whimsy customisation > ---------------------------------------- > > Key: WHIMSY-341 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WHIMSY-341 > Project: Whimsy > Issue Type: Bug > Reporter: Sebb > Priority: Major > > The RACK_ENV variable is being used for purposes for which it was not > intended. > For example, logging level and use of local test data overrides. > It should not be used for anything other than a Rack application. > It would be much less fragile to use a WHIMSY_ prefix for variables that > relate to the Whimsy application. -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.3.4#803005)