[z3-checkins] r10804 - z3/modzope/trunk

[philikon at codespeak.net]

Author: philikon
Date: Mon Apr 18 01:32:42 2005
New Revision: 10804

Modified:
   z3/modzope/trunk/README.txt
Log:
a bit more recent information


Modified: z3/modzope/trunk/README.txt
==============================================================================
--- z3/modzope/trunk/README.txt	(original)
+++ z3/modzope/trunk/README.txt	Mon Apr 18 01:32:42 2005
@@ -7,8 +7,14 @@
 
 modzope is an experimental module that connects the Zope 3 application
 server to Apache 2.  This makes it possible to run a Zope 3
-application within a regular Apache server, without Zope's one server
-process.  modzope uses mod_python to hook into Apache.
+application within a regular Apache server and without Zope's own
+server process.
+
+modzope is built on top of mod_python, an Apache module that allows
+one to handle Apache requests in Python.  modzope's key component is a
+module that exposes mod_python functionality to a WSGI-compliant API,
+which is combined with Zope 3's WSGI application support in the
+modzope request handler.
 
 
 Why on earth would one want to do this?
@@ -32,9 +38,11 @@
 What's the status?
 ------------------
 
-Highly experimental.  Extremely highly experimental.  It is hard to
-say whether it will ever be mature.  Consider it to be a proof of
-concept for now.
+Experimental, but more than just a proof of concept.
+
+Right now, it is possible to load a regular Zope 3 instance using
+ZODB's FileStorage (regular Data.fs file) and access any URL.  It is
+not yet possible to use ZEO.
 
 
 Copyright
@@ -43,3 +51,7 @@
 modzope is copyrighted (c) 2005 by Philipp "philiKON" von
 Weitershausen.  It is freely distributable under the terms of the Zope
 Public License Version 2.1 (ZPL), as distributed with Zope 3.
+
+wsgiref is copyrighted (c) 2004 by Philip J. Eby and may be
+distributed under the terms of the PSF license (Python license) or the
+ZPL.