More about the metadata thing... In my view a .w2p can also contain a subset of an app, for example a plugin.
Imagine a layout plugin that contains only views/layout.html static/pluginname/images/* Or a module plugin modules/pluginname/* Or a set of helpers models/pluginname-helpers.py A plugin could be expanded over an existing app to provide added functionality. We need a metadata protocol to describe them. Massimo On May 8, 9:29 pm, Álvaro Justen [Turicas] <alvarojus...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 4:01 PM, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > > On May 8, 1:56 pm, Yarko Tymciurak <yark...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> This is great! > >> 2 questions: > > >> - has this been tested with 2.6* (or 2.7 now) tar / cross 2.5 - 2.6 > >> use? > >> (If tar is the only 2.6* problem, seems eventually we should just fix > >> the > >> 2.6 tar module... ) > > > I do not think so but the bug is only in 2.6.1 and not in 2.6.2 > > I really don't know. Maybe Douglas Soares can help with this. > > >> - what is the reason / purpose for the new extension - if I understand, > >> it is JUST what already exists - *.tgz / *.tar.gz? > > > Because we do not want the browser to automatically unzip the file > > when downloading. > > > Notice we will also be able to identify a web2py app from its > > extension and that will tell us how to handle it. > > I think in future web2py apps can have meta information (like > dependencies etc.) and a standard will be defined to those features. > .w2p extension efforts that this is not a simple .tar.gz - it is an > application packed in web2py format/standard. > > -- > Álvaro Justen > Peta5 - Telecomunicações e Software Livre > 21 3021-6001 / 9898-0141 > http://www.peta5.com.br/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py Web Framework" group. To post to this group, send email to web2py@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
