[Zope3-dev] py file reloading

[Ulrich Schreiner]

quixote:
same problem -> same solution :-)

but quixote is much smaller than zope so this is such a big problem.

thx
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Steve Alexander wrote:
> Ulrich Schreiner wrote:
> 
>> hi,
>>
>> what about reloading of python files when developing? i have the 
>> jobboard demo here and running. but when changing some py-sources i 
>> have to restart zope3.
> 
> 
> Yes.
> 
>> is it possible to force zope to reload? via URL, via xml-rpc, ...? no, 
>> not via command line!
> 
> 
> No.
> 
>> i think this question is not new in this list, but i did not found an 
>> answer. and it is not new to webapp servers; in the quixote 
>> mailinglist there is a huge thread about it :-).
> 
> 
> This kind of thing will not generally be possible for code that is on 
> the filesystem. It will be possible, and well-supported, for code that 
> is stored in the ZODB.
> 
> You'll be able to check code out of Zope, with a cvs-like command, alter 
> it, and check it back in. It will be "refreshed" as you check it back in.
> 
> http://dev.zope.org/Wikis/DevSite/Projects/ComponentArchitecture/FileSystemSynchronizationProposal 
> 
> 
> 
> What are they doing in quixote?
> 
> -- 
> Steve Alexander
> 
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