{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/gratipay/aspen-python/issues/438","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/gratipay/aspen-python/issues/438/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/gratipay/aspen-python/issues/438/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/gratipay/aspen-python/issues/438/events","html_url":"https://github.com/gratipay/aspen-python/issues/438","id":88441760,"number":438,"title":"rename `project_root` to `site_aspen`","user":{"login":"pjz","id":11100,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/11100?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/pjz","html_url":"https://github.com/pjz","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pjz/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pjz/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pjz/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pjz/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pjz/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pjz/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pjz/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pjz/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pjz/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":4,"created_at":"2015-06-15T14:22:31Z","updated_at":"2015-06-17T23:40:18Z","closed_at":null,"body":"Per @techtonik :\r\n\r\nRename `project_root` to `site_aspen` (stolen that convention from SCons - it is also \"placed on sys.path during startup). The problem with `project_root` that it is not a root of a project (like Gratipay) - it is a site-specific dir for Aspen configuration. The project may consist of many things, and web site might only be a minor. Also it is a good practice to keep root of the project checkout tidy for newcomers. Having sane defaults also help to avoid learning lengthy command lines. By default aspen could look for `site_aspen` in current dir (like SCons) and try to load `www` as default too, so that you could just invoke 'aspen' for development, without environment, foreman, Makefiles and all that complication. In addition, `project_root` is not searchable, but `site_aspen` is."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/gratipay/aspen-python/issues/comments/112980697","html_url":"https://github.com/gratipay/aspen-python/issues/438#issuecomment-112980697","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/gratipay/aspen-python/issues/438","id":112980697,"user":{"login":"whit537","id":134455,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/134455?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/whit537","html_url":"https://github.com/whit537","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/whit537/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/whit537/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/whit537/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/whit537/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/whit537/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/whit537/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/whit537/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/whit537/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/whit537/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-06-17T23:40:18Z","updated_at":"2015-06-17T23:40:18Z","body":"> It's a place to put `configure-aspen.py`\r\n\r\nHaven't we deprecated `configure-aspen.py`?"}}