On Thu, 2002-10-31 at 12:43, Tim Roberts wrote: > My feelings are not particularly strong, but I wonder if we shouldn't let the > auto-reload code age for more than a week before we kill OneShot. I don't > think anyone is willing to certify the auto-reload code as "bug free", or > even to certify that it has fewer bugs that OneShot: we just haven't had the > experience.
The real reason I brought up the deprecation for right now isn't because of auto-reload, but because I'm going through documentation and don't want to spend time documenting things I don't think people should use. Plus looking at documentation reminds me of things that exist that I'd forgotten about (like CGIWrapper). > I use OneShot.cgi for development work because it gives me the perception of > lower complexity, as well as lower impact on a lightly used web site. I know > that each page runs with a "clean slate". This is part of why I think OneShot should be deprecated -- it presents a different environment than you'd find in a running site. The development environment should be as close to the production environment as practically possible. I guess I've always thought OneShot was a hack, and it's not so much that auto-reload is a sure-fire replacement, but that OneShot has needed to go for a long time and auto-reload finally offers a replacement. Deprecating OneShot means experienced users will still have access to OneShot, but new users won't know it exists. I think a lot of new users either get the false impression that Webware is really slow because of OneShot, or that they can run it in a pure CGI environment using OneShot (i.e., your typical commercial host). Hopefully we can actually remove OneShot when auto-reload has been tested more, which will probably be after 0.8 -- it's the new-user experience that this level of deprecation is directed at. > I haven't tried the auto-reload > feature (and I suspect very few of us have), so I don't know how I will feel > about it Try it, I think you'll find it very pleasant. Ian ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: Influence the future of Java(TM) technology. Join the Java Community Process(SM) (JCP(SM)) program now. http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?sunm0004en _______________________________________________ Webware-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/webware-discuss
