On 10/21/05, Christoph Zwerschke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just checked in a change that makes the PythonServletFactory > responsible for .pyc and .pyo files as well besides .py files. > > For the default configuration, this makes no difference, > since .pyc and .pyo are in both ExtensionsToIgnore and FilesToHide > so they will not be served anyway. > > But by taking .pyc and .pyo away from ExtensionsToIgnore and FilesToHide > you can now install servlets without their source code. This will be a > little bit more perfomant in the production environment, but most of all > it will prevent customers and administrators from messing around with > the source code and give a certain level of protection as closed source. > This feature has been requested on the mailing list several times. > > The former behavior was that if you took .pyc and .pyo away from > ExtensionsToIgnore and FilesToHide, then they would be delivered as > Files via the UnknownServletFactory. This could even be a security > problem since the servlets could contain database passwords or other > information. I think it makes much more sense to execute .pyc servlets > instead of delivering them as files. > > By using ExtensionCascadeOrder you can also determine a priority, such > as '.py' first (if available), then '.pyo', then '.pyc'. > > I'm using this feature since long and it has proven to be very handy. > > However, I kept the standard configuration that ignores/hides .pyc and > .pyo files completely, so you still have to set it explicitely in the > configuration if you want to use this. > > Hope everybody agrees. > > -- Christoph
Sounds good. Thanks for giving us an update. -Chuck ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Power Architecture Resource Center: Free content, downloads, discussions, and more. http://solutions.newsforge.com/ibmarch.tmpl _______________________________________________ Webware-devel mailing list Webware-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/webware-devel
