--- a/devtools/testlib.py	Fri Dec 07 17:23:04 2012 +0100
+++ b/devtools/testlib.py	Fri Nov 23 16:12:19 2012 +0100
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@
     @cached
     def app(self):
         """return a cubicweb publisher"""
-        publisher = application.CubicWebPublisher(self.config)
+        publisher = application.CubicWebPublisher(self.repo, self.config)
         def raise_error_handler(*args, **kwargs):
             raise
         publisher.error_handler = raise_error_handler

--- a/etwist/server.py	Fri Dec 07 17:23:04 2012 +0100
+++ b/etwist/server.py	Fri Nov 23 16:12:19 2012 +0100
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@
         self.config = config
         # instantiate publisher here and not in init_publisher to get some
         # checks done before daemonization (eg versions consistency)
-        self.appli = CubicWebPublisher(config)
+        repo = config.repository()
+        self.appli = CubicWebPublisher(repo, config)
         self.base_url = config['base-url']
         self.https_url = config['https-url']
         global MAX_POST_LENGTH

--- a/web/application.py	Fri Dec 07 17:23:04 2012 +0100
+++ b/web/application.py	Fri Nov 23 16:12:19 2012 +0100
@@ -250,18 +250,20 @@
     The http server will call its main entry point ``application.handle_request``.
 
     .. automethod:: cubicweb.web.application.CubicWebPublisher.main_handle_request
+
+    You have to provide both a repository and web-server config at
+    initialization. In all in one instance both config will be the same.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, config,
-                 session_handler_fact=CookieSessionHandler):
+    def __init__(self, repo, config, session_handler_fact=CookieSessionHandler):
         self.info('starting web instance from %s', config.apphome)
-        # connect to the repository and get instance's schema
-        self.repo = config.repository()
-        vreg = self.vreg = self.repo.vreg
-        if not vreg.initialized:
+        self.repo = repo
+        self.vreg = repo.vreg
+        # get instance's schema
+        if not self.vreg.initialized:
             config.init_cubes(self.repo.get_cubes())
-            vreg.init_properties(self.repo.properties())
-            vreg.set_schema(self.repo.get_schema())
+            self.vreg.init_properties(self.repo.properties())
+            self.vreg.set_schema(self.repo.get_schema())
         # set the correct publish method
         if config['query-log-file']:
             from threading import Lock

--- a/wsgi/handler.py	Fri Dec 07 17:23:04 2012 +0100
+++ b/wsgi/handler.py	Fri Nov 23 16:12:19 2012 +0100
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 from itertools import chain, repeat, izip
 
-from cubicweb import AuthenticationError
+from cubicweb import cwreg, AuthenticationError
 from cubicweb.web import DirectResponse
 from cubicweb.web.application import CubicWebPublisher
 from cubicweb.wsgi.request import CubicWebWsgiRequest
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@
     NOTE: no pyro
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, config):
-        self.appli = CubicWebPublisher(config)
+    def __init__(self, repo, config):
+        self.appli = CubicWebPublisher(repo, config)
         self.config = config
         self.base_url = self.config['base-url']
         self.https_url = self.config['https-url']