Yeah, initial setup is a pain compared to say Pylons. Especially when I know I'm skimping on setting up the twistd service stuff at the beginning when I probably ought to. The thought keeps going through my head "Why don't you write a bastard hybrid of paster for twisted?" Anybody else hear that dark and ominous voice?
-Andy Fundinger On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 3:49 PM, Duncan McGreggor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 12:02 PM, Marcin Kasperski > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> * Dedicated hosts, with Twisted libs pre-installed on them > >> * Virtual hosts/"slices" with Twisted libs pre-installed on them > > > > Installing Twisted is easy enough ;-) If I manage dedicated host or > > VPS, then installing twisted is a simple command, be it easy_install, > > apt-get install, or yum something.... > > > > So I do not think there is much to be gained here. Maybe cheap shared > > hosting with ability to run twisted apps could make some sense, but > > ... VPS are cheap nowadays. > > There are two things to consider here: > > 1) We've had conversations with application developers who use Twisted > and do a lot of repeated setup. They'd like it if they didn't have to > do that every time... but not only the work itself, the mental > convenience factor: they don't want to even have to think about it. > They'd like to consider it simply part of their OS. I don't know about > you, but I like the idea of a Twisted OS ;-) > > 2) Perception and exposure. This one's a biggie. If hosting providers > start offering explicit support for Twisted, we get an arguably > significant increase in exposure to potential users. The more people > who are aware that Twisted exists, the more that use it. The many and > obvious benefits that come as a result of this (including more > potential funding for the TSF!) are an excellent motivation. > > > Supported installation may be different story, but it can be uneasy > > to draw a line where the support really ends.... > > That's definitely a dark art ;-) > > d > > _______________________________________________ > Twisted-web mailing list > [email protected] > http://twistedmatrix.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/twisted-web > -- Blog: http://channel3b.wordpress.com Second Life Name: Ciemaar Flintoff What would you do if they outlawed hypothetical questions?
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