[Zope] Re: Is pcgi usable without Zope?

[Jeff Bauer]

Lloyd Zusman wrote:
> I have to admit that I'm a bit confused about pcgi these days.  The
> most recent documentation for it was last updated in August, 1998, and
> it still refers to Bobo and Principia.
> 
> Now that we have Zope, is pcgi now intimately bundled with it, never
> to emerge on its own again?  Or is there a way to run pcgi without
> Zope?

Lloyd,

PCGI is a tiny, yet integral part of Zope for some set of
Zope applications, esp. where a web server front-end 
(e.g. Apache) is desired.

It is possible to run Zope without PCGI (e.g. internal network,
a.k.a. buzzword: 'intranet').  It is also possible to use PCGI 
without Zope.  The pcgitest example is provided to test and 
demonstrate a free-standing PCGI application.

And yet another alternative is to use PCGI with Zope components
(ZPublisher, DocumentTemplate, BoboPOS) to build custom
solutions.

the-tyranny-of-choice-prevails-ly yr's

Jeff Bauer
Rubicon, Inc.

P.S.  A couple weeks ago I posted a message describing a new
version of pcgi_publisher that would include an inactivity
timer, i.e. would shutdown the LRP automatically after a 
specified period of inactivity.  I think some people may
find such a feature useful for custom PCGI apps.  -JB