AppEngine: transition to Python 2.7

Question

For several reasons, I would like to switch to Python 2.7. For the new version of python, you must use a highly replicated data warehouse. As far as I can see, converting to it is actually impossible: the only way is to create a new application with a new identifier and copy it through the data store. Changing my app id is what I don't want to do.

Is there a way to change the application id? Or is this workaround expected in the near future? Will version 2.7 end up supporting the Master / Slave data store? I believe that not all AppEngine users will happily change their identifier ...

Answer 1

There is no way to avoid changing the application identifier, but you can request that the old identifier be an alias, so the request for old_appid.appspot.com will be handled by the new application. Of course, if you serve the application in your own domain, the application identifier does not matter.

The Master / Slave repository will almost certainly never be supported on Python 2.7; Google does not recommend using it at all (I would not use the term "obsolete", as they did not plan to actually remove it and kill a huge number of existing applications using it, but they certainly want to do as much as they can prevent its use. )