Re: Remove configuration files from content directory

Andreas Hartmann wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I would suggest to alter the directory structure
> so that publication-specific configuration files
> are not placed in the content directory. This has
> a low priority, but if you agree, it could be
> solved quite fast using global search.

Michael suggested to introduce a WEB-INF directory
for this purpose. That could also contain log files,
libraries etc.

My objection is that the WEB-INF has another special
purpose (for web applications). If I understand the
idea correctly, all files that replace / extend default
Lenya files shall be put into the <pub-id>/lenya
directory. Is this right?

We could expand the publication directory structure to

<pub-id>/bin
         /content
         /java
         /lenya
            /config
            /WEB-INF/lib
                    /logs
         /resources
         /xslt

but I would prefer the following scheme to limit
the directory depth:

<pub-id>/bin
         /config       (additional and overriding files)
         /content
         /java         (only in source dir.)
         /lib          (only in source dir.)
         /logs         (only in install dir.)
              /tasks   (task log history)
         /lenya        (only override content or xslt)
         /resources
         /xslt

What would you suggest?

Andreas