Camping list - Mar 2007 - Pimpin'' a patch: moving the bin/camping logic to classes

Hello,

Zimbatm suggested the best way to push a patch into camping was to
take my case to the people. So here it is. If you want to jump
straight to the patch:

http://code.whytheluckystiff.net/camping/ticket/117

Goal: Move the logic in the camping command line launcher into several classes

Why? In the next version of parasite (http://parasite.rubyforge.org)
I''d like to take over several of the standard Rails script/* tools.
For example, script/sever and script/console.

Camping already supports launching different servers (including an IRB
session), but the logic for that (including all the reloader goodness)
is tied up the bin/camping script. The linked patch above splits that
logic in one class per server type, each descending from a parent
class that handles a lot of initialization and interfacing with
Camping::Reloader other other libraries. With this patch, I can simply
overwrite script/server and script/console with little Ruby scripts
that call into the appropriate Camping classes.

I think this patch will also help with adding the --daemonize
functionality or in a environment where you might like to quickly
create a bunch of camping servers from within a Ruby script (e.g. a
shared hosting environment or similar).

For most users, this change would cause no change in behavior and
usage. But for people looking to do more with the creation of camping
servers, this could be very helpful.

I''m unclear on any next steps, but if you like the idea and/or the
patch, please comment on the issue:

http://code.whytheluckystiff.net/camping/ticket/117

We''ll see where it goes from here.

Cheers,
-Mark

On Tue, Mar 27, 2007 at 09:52:49PM -0500, Mark Fredrickson
wrote:
> I''m unclear on any next steps, but if you like the idea and/or the
> patch, please comment on the issue:
> 
> http://code.whytheluckystiff.net/camping/ticket/117
The next step is for me to accept it and I accept it.  You can go
ahead apply this to trunk yourself, if you like, Mark.  Thanks a lot
for doing this!

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