On Mar 16, 2011, at 7:09 PM, Kevin Ivarsen wrote: > 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. >
Sounds like a job for a plugin, with pushbutton installation/update.
