[mod_python] preloading modules

hello,

first i tried the PythonImport directive to preload modules setting up a
db connection pool.  but the connections were dead when i tried to use
them.

second, i tried modifying the sitecustomize module which gets imported
from the site module at interpreter startup (supposedly).  this gave me
good connections, but it doesn't happen until the first page gets loaded.

i'd like to stuff some pretty time-consuming setup tasks into this phase
of startup... it should already be done when the first page is requested.

any ideas?

brian hawthorne