Changes between Version 2 and Version 3 of TracModPython2.7

Timestamp:

Dec 13, 2007, 7:42:18 PM (16 years ago)

Author:

fg@…

Comment:

cosmetic

TracModPython2.7

@@ -3 +3 @@
 TracModPython setup is for Apache 2, but it may be possible to work with Apache 1.3.
 
-The instructions below have worked on MacOS 10.4
-
 == Installing mod_python ==
 
-The instruction below work for:
+These instructions below have worked for:
   * the Apache installation that comes with MacOS 10.4
   * Python 2.4.3 installed using Fink 
@@ -67 +65 @@
 </Location>
 }}}
-Of course, use your own values for {{{/projects/myproject}}} and {{{/var/trac/myproject}}}. {{{TracUriRoot}}} may not be necessary.
+Of course, use your own values for {{{/projects/myproject}}} and {{{/var/trac/myproject}}}. {{{TracUriRoot}}} may not be necessary; if you remove it, you will need to modify the patch below.
 
 Restart Apache after each configuration change.
 
-== Patching and testing Trac ==
+== Patching Trac ==
 
-At this stage, opening http://localhost/projects/myproject in your browser will give you an error 500. You can look in the error_log file: it is likely a Python exception, because the {{{trac.web.modpython_frontend}}} code tries to use APIs from mod_python that are different in 3.3.
+At this stage, opening http://localhost/projects/myproject in your browser will likely return an error 500. You can look in the {{{error_log}}} file: it is likely a Python exception, because the {{{trac.web.modpython_frontend}}} code tries to use APIs from mod_python that are different in 3.3.
 
 Here's a simple patch for {{{trac/web/modpython_frontend.py}}}. It's just a hack, but it does the job:
@@ -140 +138 @@
          try:
 }}}
+
+== Known issues with these instructions ==
+
+ * The patch removes a few functionalities (such as setting up the PYTHON_EGG_CACHE): if you need them, you will need to modify the patch. 
+
+ * There may be a character set issue (the non-ascii chars may not be working properly). It is probably easy to fix.
+
+ * In my setup, the performance was not improved by moving to {{{mod_python}}}, but it is likely an issue with the database access.