-if os.path.isdir(os.path.join(ROOT,"static")):
- DATAROOT=ROOT
-else:
- DATAROOT="/usr/share/unfold"
- if not os.path.isdir(os.path.join(DATAROOT,"static")):
- DATAROOT=None
-
-if not ROOT: raise Exception,"Cannot find ROOT for myslice"
-if not DATAROOT: raise Exception,"Cannot find DATAROOT for myslice"
+#### this is where the problem lies I believe
+# first try to run manage.py collectstatic without this
+# themes
+theme=None
+try:
+ from myslice.configengine import ConfigEngine
+ configEngine = ConfigEngine()
+ if configEngine.myslice.theme :
+ theme = configEngine.myslice.theme
+except:
+ pass
+
+# find out HTTPROOT, which is different from ROOT
+# when deployed from a package
+# this code is run by collectstatic too, so we cannot
+# assume we have ./static present already
+HTTPROOT="/var/myslice-f4f"
+# the place to store local data, like e.g. the sqlite db
+DATAROOT="/var/unfold"
+# if not there, then we assume it's from a devel tree
+if not os.path.isdir (os.path.join(HTTPROOT,"static")):
+ HTTPROOT=ROOT
+
+if not os.path.isdir(ROOT): raise Exception,"Cannot find ROOT %s for unfold"%ROOT
+if not os.path.isdir(HTTPROOT): raise Exception,"Cannot find HTTPROOT %s for unfold"%HTTPROOT
+
+# dec 2013 - we currently have 2 auxiliary subdirs with various utilities
+# that we do not wish to package
+# * sandbox is for plugin developers
+# * sample is for various test views
+# for each of these, if we find a directory of that name under ROOT, it then gets
+# inserted in INSTALLED_APPS and its urls get included (see urls.py)
+auxiliaries = [ 'sandbox', 'sample', ]