Is Zope 3's HTTP server ready?
I have a few web applications that use Quixote [1] to perform path traversal (Quixote having borrowed the idea from Zope). In my setup, Apache passes the request on to one of a number of long-running SCGI [2] (similar to Fast CGI) processes, which then call upon Quixote. I'm interested in alternatives to using several SCGI processes. There has been discussion in Quixote circles on having an integrated HTTP server, and some work has been done with Medusa and Twisted. The attraction with both of these is the possibility of using a lighter mechanism than multiple processes for dealing with concurrent requests. However my experience with the Quixote/Medusa approach had some troubles, and I now have some uncertainties about whether Twisted would be the right approach [1]. From what I've read on this list, Zope 3's HTTP server looks like it has a good design; my question is whether it is in a ready enough state yet to do simple object publishing on a production server, either using Zope 3's own path traversal mechanisms or by passing the request on to Quixote. I wouldn't need Zope's security mechanisms, acquisition, object database, or other stuff, so it wouldn't matter if those parts of Zope 3 are not yet ready. [1] http://www.mems-exchange.org/software/quixote/ [2] http://www.mems-exchange.org/software/scgi/ [3] http://lists.zope.org/pipermail/zope3-dev/2002-February/000516.html Hamish Lawson
On Sat, Oct 12, 2002 at 08:21:01PM +0100, Hamish Lawson wrote:
From what I've read on this list, Zope 3's HTTP server looks like it has a good design; my question is whether it is in a ready enough state yet to do simple object publishing on a production server, either using Zope 3's own path traversal mechanisms or by passing the request on to Quixote.
Hi Hamish, Having seen your question on the Z3 list already, let me give you a quick quess as to why no answer has been given yet. Shane Hathaway has become a father again last week, and he isn't in this week to answer emails, and he is the most likely person to give you an answer for your question. And Jim Fulton is away in India at the moment. On the whole, our offices are rather empty right now, lots of people are out for one reason or another. -- Martijn Pieters | Software Engineer mailto:mj@zope.com | Zope Corporation http://www.zope.com/ | Creators of Zope http://www.zope.org/ ---------------------------------------------
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is [Zope 3's HTTP server] in a ready enough state yet to do simple object publishing on a production server
Martijn Pieters wrote:
Having seen your question on the Z3 list already, let me give you a quick quess as to why no answer has been given yet. Shane Hathaway has become a father again last week, and he isn't in this week to answer emails, and he is the most likely person to give you an answer for your question. And Jim Fulton is away in India at the moment. On the whole, our offices are rather empty right now, lots of people are out for one reason or another.
Thanks for letting me know. I'll wait more patiently! Hamish
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