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Posted to commits@whimsical.apache.org by Sam Ruby <ru...@apache.org> on 2016/02/29 00:59:47 UTC

[whimsy.git] [1/1] Commit 05840d7: mention how to identify rack applications

Commit 05840d71948811df5cdf5da09b9bc0a36ef21955:
    mention how to identify rack applications


Branch: refs/heads/master
Author: Sam Ruby <ru...@intertwingly.net>
Committer: Sam Ruby <ru...@intertwingly.net>
Pusher: rubys <ru...@apache.org>

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DEVELOPMENT.md                                               | +++++++++ -----
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14 changes: 9 additions, 5 deletions.
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diff --git a/DEVELOPMENT.md b/DEVELOPMENT.md
index 21f4f45..96130f5 100644
--- a/DEVELOPMENT.md
+++ b/DEVELOPMENT.md
@@ -25,14 +25,18 @@ This directory has two main subdirectories...
    refactored out into a common library.  Some of the older tools don't fully
    make use of this refactoring.
 
-2. [www](www) contains the "view", largely a set of CGI scripts that produce HTML.
-   Generally a CGI script is self contained, including all of the CSS,
+2. [www](www) contains the "view", largely a set of CGI scripts that produce
+   HTML.  Generally a CGI script is self contained, including all of the CSS,
    scripts, AJAX logic (client and server), SVG images, etc.  A single script
-   may also produce a set (subtree) of web pages.
+   may also produce a set (subtree) of web pages.  CGI scripts can be
+   identified by their `.cgi` file extension.
 
-   Some of the directories (like the roster tool) contain [rack](http://rack.github.io/)
-   applications.  These can be run independently, or under the Apache web server through
+   Some of the directories (like the roster tool) contain
+   [rack](http://rack.github.io/) applications.  These can be run
+   independently, or under the Apache web server through
    the use of [Phusion Passenger](https://www.phusionpassenger.com/).
+   Directories containing Rack applications can be identified by the presence
+   of a file with the name of `config.ru`.
 
 Setup
 =====