[Zope] Re: Is pcgi usable without Zope?
Jeff Bauer
jeffbauer@bigfoot.com
Wed, 02 Jun 1999 07:11:46 -0500
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