moved adeline special casing elsewhere so it is no longer necessary to override

try_publish

wcs/__init__.py

@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@ _1 = _
 __builtin__.__dict__['_'] = lambda x: unicode(_1(str(x)), 'utf-8').encode('iso-8859-1')
 __builtin__.__dict__['N_'] = lambda x: x
 
-if not os.path.exists(APP_DIR):
-    os.mkdir(APP_DIR)
-
 from quixote import enable_ptl, errors, get_session, redirect, get_session_manager
 from quixote.publish import Publisher
 from quixote.directory import Directory
@@ -28,6 +25,17 @@ import admin.root
 import forms.root
 import liberty.root
 
+
+def init_dir():
+    global app_dir
+    if not os.path.exists(APP_DIR):
+        os.mkdir(APP_DIR)
+    app_dir = wcs.APP_DIR
+    wcs.misc.filename = os.path.join(app_dir, 'config.pck')
+    wcs.misc.reload_cfg()
+    storage.FilesStorage.BASEDIR = app_dir
+        
+
 class RootDirectory(Directory):
     _q_exports = ["", "admin", "forms", "login", "logout", "liberty"]
 
@@ -52,18 +60,8 @@ class WcsPublisher(Publisher):
             return exc.render()
         return Publisher.format_publish_error(self, exc)
 
-    def try_publish(self, request):
-        # called for each request, should set APP_DIR here for a kind of
-        # virtual hosting (set it from HTTP header, hostname, uri, whatever)
-        global app_dir
-        app_dir = wcs.APP_DIR
-        wcs.misc.filename = os.path.join(app_dir, 'config.pck')
-        wcs.misc.reload_cfg()
-        storage.FilesStorage.BASEDIR = app_dir
-        return Publisher.try_publish(self, request)
-        
-
 def create_publisher():
+    init_dir()
     session_manager = sessions.PickleSessionManager()
 
     return WcsPublisher(RootDirectory(),