On Thursday, January 28, 2016 at 3:40:17 PM UTC-5, Brendan Barnwell wrote: > > On Thursday, January 28, 2016 at 10:21:54 AM UTC-8, Anthony wrote: >> >> On Thursday, January 28, 2016 at 2:37:47 AM UTC-5, Brendan Barnwell wrote: >>> >>> Yes, I realize I can do that. The problem is that (if I understand >>> right) unless I put it in the web2py folder, web2py won't know about it. >>> >> >> I'm not sure I follow. If you realize you can leave your application >> folder inside /web2py/applications and simply create a version control >> repository right there, then why is it a "problem" that it must be inside >> the web2p folder? >> > > Basically because my web2py application is only one part of a larger > project, other parts of which have nothing to do with web2py. (I write web > apps for use as online experiments/surveys. The app collects the data, but > the analysis is done offline, and then other things are done with that > data/analysis that are unconnected with the web2py app that was used to > collect it.) What I want is to have a directory for that project, and a > subdirectory within that for the web2py app. But I can't do that now > without symlinking my subdirectory into the web2py folder. >
Got it. It's helpful to understand the use case. > I suppose we could allow further configuration, but that would add >> complexity to the routing system and the functioning of the admin app. We >> tend to avoid additional complexity unless there is a compelling benefit. >> It's hard to see the compelling benefit here. >> > > The compelling benefit I see is that it enables a web2py app to be one > part of a larger project, rather than forcing that entire project to be > stuffed under the web2py directory. > By compelling benefit, I meant for the larger community -- I'm not sure this is a common scenario. If there's demand, though, I'm sure something can be done. Anthony -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
