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backend: replace Pylons with TurboGears2
Replace the no-longer-supported Pylons application framework by TurboGears2
which is largely compatible/similar to Pylons.
Some interesting history is described at:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TurboGears
Changes by Dominik Ruf:
- fix sql config in test.ini
Changes by Thomas De Schampheleire:
- set-up of test suite
- tests: 'fix' repo archival test failure
Between Pylons and TurboGears2, there seems to be a small difference in the
headers sent for repository archive files, related to character encoding.
It is assumed that this difference is not important, and that the test
should just align with reality.
- remove need to import helpers/app_globals in lib
TurboGears2 by default expects helpers and app_globals to be available
in lib. For this reason kallithea/lib/__init__.py was originally changed
to include those files. However, this triggered several types of
circular import problems. If module A imported something from lib (e.g.
lib.annotate), and lib.helpers imported (possibly indirectly) module A,
then there was a circular import. Fix this by overruling the relevant
method of tg AppConfig, which is also hinted in the TurboGears2 code.
Hereby, the include of something from lib does not automatically import
helpers, greatly reducing the chances of circular import problems.
- make sure HTTP error '400' uses the custom error pages
TurboGears2 does not by default handle HTTP status code
'400 (Bad Request)' via the custom error page handling, causing a
standard non-styled error page.
- disable transaction manager
Kallithea currently handles its own transactions and does not need the
TurboGears2 transaction manager. However, TurboGears2 tries to enable it
by default and fails, throwing an error during application initialization.
The error itself seemed to be harmless for normal application functioning,
but was nevertheless confusing.
- add backlash as required dependency: backlash is meant as the WebError
replacement in TurboGears2 (originally WebError is part of Pylons). When
debug==true, it provides an interactive debugger in the browser. When
debug==false, backlash is necessary to show backtraces on the console.
- misc fixes
Replace the no-longer-supported Pylons application framework by TurboGears2
which is largely compatible/similar to Pylons.
Some interesting history is described at:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TurboGears
Changes by Dominik Ruf:
- fix sql config in test.ini
Changes by Thomas De Schampheleire:
- set-up of test suite
- tests: 'fix' repo archival test failure
Between Pylons and TurboGears2, there seems to be a small difference in the
headers sent for repository archive files, related to character encoding.
It is assumed that this difference is not important, and that the test
should just align with reality.
- remove need to import helpers/app_globals in lib
TurboGears2 by default expects helpers and app_globals to be available
in lib. For this reason kallithea/lib/__init__.py was originally changed
to include those files. However, this triggered several types of
circular import problems. If module A imported something from lib (e.g.
lib.annotate), and lib.helpers imported (possibly indirectly) module A,
then there was a circular import. Fix this by overruling the relevant
method of tg AppConfig, which is also hinted in the TurboGears2 code.
Hereby, the include of something from lib does not automatically import
helpers, greatly reducing the chances of circular import problems.
- make sure HTTP error '400' uses the custom error pages
TurboGears2 does not by default handle HTTP status code
'400 (Bad Request)' via the custom error page handling, causing a
standard non-styled error page.
- disable transaction manager
Kallithea currently handles its own transactions and does not need the
TurboGears2 transaction manager. However, TurboGears2 tries to enable it
by default and fails, throwing an error during application initialization.
The error itself seemed to be harmless for normal application functioning,
but was nevertheless confusing.
- add backlash as required dependency: backlash is meant as the WebError
replacement in TurboGears2 (originally WebError is part of Pylons). When
debug==true, it provides an interactive debugger in the browser. When
debug==false, backlash is necessary to show backtraces on the console.
- misc fixes
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=============
Customization
=============
There are several ways to customize Kallithea to your needs depending on what
you want to achieve.
HTML/JavaScript/CSS customization
---------------------------------
To customize the look-and-feel of the web interface (for example to add a
company banner or some JavaScript widget or to tweak the CSS style definitions)
you can enter HTML code (possibly with JavaScript and/or CSS) directly via the
*Admin > Settings > Global > HTML/JavaScript customization
block*.
Behavioral customization: rcextensions
--------------------------------------
Some behavioral customization can be done in Python using ``rcextensions``, a
custom Python package that can extend Kallithea functionality.
With ``rcextensions`` it's possible to add additional mappings for Whoosh
indexing and statistics, to add additional code into the push/pull/create/delete
repository hooks (for example to send signals to build bots such as Jenkins) and
even to monkey-patch certain parts of the Kallithea source code (for example
overwrite an entire function, change a global variable, ...).
To generate a skeleton extensions package, run::
gearbox make-rcext -c my.ini
This will create an ``rcextensions`` package next to the specified ``ini`` file.
See the ``__init__.py`` file inside the generated ``rcextensions`` package
for more details.
Behavioral customization: code changes
--------------------------------------
As Kallithea is open-source software, you can make any changes you like directly
in the source code.
We encourage you to send generic improvements back to the
community so that Kallithea can become better. See :ref:`contributing` for more
details.
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