[Web-SIG] [ANN] Aspen 0.5 -- module reloading & directory handlers

[Ian Bicking]

Chad Whitacre wrote:
>> >    - I should be able to type "aspen" in any directory and have
>> >      something smart happen.
>>
>> I really can't predict what that would do...?  That doesn't seem simple
>> to me.  It starts up a web server serving the current directory, I
>> guess, but with what configuration?  What port, what logging, etc?
> 
> So there's an interesting question: with a first impression, what
> would ya'll expect this to do? I'd love to know if I got it right. :-)

I guess I'd expect it to look for a server config file in the current 
directory, with some standard filename (e.g., aspen.conf), and then 
start a server in the foreground.  Or maybe I'd expect it to act like 
apachectl, and control an existing process.

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