Massimo, I teach at UCSC; here is the class web page: https://sites.google.com/a/ucsc.edu/luca/classes/cmps-183-hypermedia-and-the-web/cmps-183-fall-2012 Thank you for the help; I will do this next time a student package does not load properly! Luca
On Friday, November 9, 2012 8:18:21 AM UTC-8, Massimo Di Pierro wrote: > > Hello Luca, > > where do you teach? > > Look into gluon/admin.py app_install. There is a try...except. Try replace > > except Exception: > if did_mkdir: > rmtree(path) > return False > > with > > except Exception: > import traceback > print traceback.format_exc() > if did_mkdir: > rmtree(path) > return False > > > Also if you open a ticket about this, I will make sure better errors are > reported via admin. > I have apps that allows students to upload projects w2p and bulk install > them, bulk register and test them. Need polishing. > Remind me in a couple of weeks and I will be happy to share them. > > Massimo > > On Friday, 9 November 2012 00:08:32 UTC-6, Luca wrote: >> >> I am using web2py to teach a class on web development, and sometimes the >> students submit .w2p packages as assignments that cannot be loaded. When I >> or the TAs try to load them, we get the "unable to install application" >> message. >> >> What can cause this message? >> >> The packages open without problem when I tar xfvz them, so it's not clear >> to me what the problem is. >> >> Many thanks! >> > --
