Re: config -> data overloading (was Re: docs: how to upgrade plugins for 1.2)

On Mar 1, 2005, at 10:01 AM, will guaraldi wrote:

>
> I have one minor possible issue.  I've been advocating that people do 
> fancy-ish things with their config dicts enabling them to change 
> configuration variables on the fly with each Request.  For example, 
> switching the num_entries property based on whether the request is for 
> an rss feed or not.  I think with mod_python, twisted and the like, 
> this becomes an issue because the config file isn't going to get 
> reloaded for every request.  My questions are two-fold.  First, is 
> that an issue or a non-issue?  Second, if that's an issue, what do we 
> want to do about it?

I think it's fine for the config to be read-only.

Also, do we have a timeline for 1.2.  It'd be great to have it out by 
PyCon in 2.5 weeks.  I just upgraded my production blog and will be 
fixing plugins to match.

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