[Tilecache] dynamic config

[Christopher Schmidt]

On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 03:48:56PM +0100, Attila Csipa wrote:
> On Wednesday 13 February 2008 14:29:47 Christopher Schmidt wrote:
> > I don't mind having this, but as Eric pointed out, this won't reload 'on
> > the fly'. If I were to implement dynamic layers, I would personally
> > implement them at the 'handler' level, writing my own replacement
> > handler that looked at the URL to figure out which layers to load before
> > passing the constructed service off to modPythonHandler or the like.
> > I know that users have had luck with this in the past.
> > If you're still interested in this, let me know, and I'll look into
> > putting it in.
> 
> Yes, I gave a thought to that too. We had a previous discussion of how smart 
> tilecache should be, and if you remember, I'm the one who wants to keep it 
> simple and avoid too much logic within tilecache itself :) In my case, 
> editing and access is (IMHO) far more simple to implement by operating on 
> simple text files and symlinking them (a bit like Apache2 handles 
> virtualhosts) in proper _hierarchical_ directories than adding code logic to 
> handlers which then filter and/or generate the necessary layers. 

Sure. If you're interested in it, that's fine; I wanted to ensure that
you had been aware of alternatives so that you'd make a decision knowing
what you were doing. I don't have a significant problem with the
behavior you've described, nor am I convinced that it's a bad thing.

Regards,
-- 
Christopher Schmidt
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