Re: Unified server/desktop config

On Mon, Aug 7, 2017 at 4:11 PM, Ashesh Vashi <ashesh(dot)vashi(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
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> On Mon, Aug 7, 2017 at 3:59 PM, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> wrote:
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>> Anyone?
>>
> Surinder - please give this one priority.
>
Sure
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>> On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 5:03 PM, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> wrote:
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>>> All,
>>>
>>> Attached is a patch that aims to allow us to have a standardised config
>>> that will work out of the box for both web and desktop modes. It does this
>>> by doing two things:
>>>
>>> 1) The runtime sets SERVER_MODE in the Python environment before
>>> starting the app. If this value is set, then it overrides the default value
>>> of SERVER_MODE in the config.
>>>
>>> 2) The config file then offers default values for the various file
>>> locations for both server and desktop mode, setting them appropriately
>>> based on the derived SERVER_MODE value.
>>>
>>> The only downsides I can see from this are:
>>>
>>> - You cannot run in server mode in the runtime without manually
>>> reconfiguring SERVER_MODE and likely a bunch of paths in config_local.py
>>>
>>> - If you want to override SERVER_MODE, you'll probably also need to
>>> redefine the various paths in config_local.py.
>>>
>>> I don't see either being something 99.9% of users would need though.
>>>
>>> Can anyone see if the patch breaks anything, or if I missed any side
>>> effects?
>>>
>>> Is it likely to break things during upgrades? I suspect so... so maybe
>>> this should prompt v2.0?
>>>
>>> I'd appreciate multiple reviews of this, as it could break things. Note
>>> that I haven't yet updated the docs.
>>>
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