Handle errors raised by plugins more gracefully in mod_wsgi.

This started as an effort to display a more useful error message in the
Apache error log if retrieving the schema failed. I broadened the scope
a little to include limiting the output in the Apache error log
so errors are easier to find.

This adds a new configuration option, startup_traceback. Outside of
lite-server.py it is False by default so does not display the traceback
that lead to the StandardError being raised. This makes the mod_wsgi
error much easier to follow.

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lite-server.py b/lite-server.py
index ba7cfe3d..22ff720f 100755
--- a/lite-server.py
+++ b/lite-server.py
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     )
 
     api.env.in_server = True
+    api.env.startup_traceback = True
     (options, args) = api.bootstrap_with_global_options(parser, context='lite')
     api.env._merge(
         lite_port=options.port,