[Trac-tickets] Re: [The Trac Project] #1051: centralized trac.ini

[The Trac Project]

#1051: centralized trac.ini
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 Reporter:  Manuzhai             |        Owner:  mgood   
     Type:  enhancement          |       Status:  assigned
 Priority:  low                  |    Milestone:          
Component:  mod_python frontend  |      Version:  0.8     
 Severity:  normal               |   Resolution:          
 Keywords:                       |  
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Old description:

> I was just trying to trick the [TracModPython mod_python handler] into
> displaying a prettier page where you can choose from different projects,
> and while I got it done in the end, it was not a very pretty solution.
> This was mainly due to the fact that only the env knows about things like
> template locations, htdocs_location, and other stuff.
>
> To make it easier to use Trac with multiple projects, I think Trac should
> have a central configuration file (e.g., /etc/trac.ini) which contains
> defaults for all the options in the env trac.ini that are reasonable.
> These options can than be overwritten in env-specific trac.ini's.
>
> Would this be as useful as I think? I could whip up a patch if necessary.
> :)

New description:

 I was just trying to trick the [wiki:TracModPython mod_python handler]
 into displaying a prettier page where you can choose from different
 projects, and while I got it done in the end, it was not a very pretty
 solution. This was mainly due to the fact that only the env knows about
 things like template locations, htdocs_location, and other stuff.

 To make it easier to use Trac with multiple projects, I think Trac should
 have a central configuration file (e.g., `/etc/trac.ini`) which contains
 defaults for all the options in the env `trac.ini` that are reasonable.
 These options can than be overwritten in env-specific `trac.ini`'s.

 Would this be as useful as I think? I could whip up a patch if necessary.
 :)

Comment (by cmlenz):

 (Improved formatting of description)

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