Accessing configuration when hosting via smart server...

[John Szakmeister]

So, I've been diligently trying to setup Bazaar hosting at our company
site that meets our security and access control requirements, and it
seems I keep hitting road blocks every step of the way.  The current
one is that plugins, like bzr-email, don't work because the smart
server is setting up a "soft chroot".  The problem is that the url for
the soft chroot changes.  Is the only way to get reliable email
notification and use the smart server is to create yet another plugin
that breaks the "soft chroot" and get the actual location on disk?  It
seems like there must be a better way.  FWIW, I was able to do it...
but I really don't like the answer.  Thoughts?

-John