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diff --git a/docs/source/configuration.rst b/docs/source/configuration.rst index 93cc4a17..354a7098 100644 --- a/docs/source/configuration.rst +++ b/docs/source/configuration.rst @@ -19,8 +19,25 @@ mediagoblin.ini tweak settings for MediaGoblin, you'll usually tweak them here. paste.ini - -mediagoblin.ini + Primarily a server configuration file, on the python side + (specifically, on the wsgi side, via `paste deploy + <http://pythonpaste.org/deploy/>`_ / `paste script + <http://pythonpaste.org/script/>`_). It also sets up some + middleware that you can mostly ignore, except to configure + sessions... more on that later. If you are adding a different + python server other than fastcgi / plain http, you might configure + it here. Mostly you won't touch this file as much, probably. + + +There's one more file that you certainly won't change unless you're +making coding contributions to mediagoblin, but which can be useful to +read and reference: + +mediagoblin/config_spec.ini + This file is actually a specification for mediagoblin.ini itself, as + a config file! It defines types and defaults. Sometimes it's a + good place to look for documentation... or to find out that hidden + option that we didn't tell you about. :) Making local copies |