Hey On 14 May 2015 at 01:18, Brent Atkinson <brent.atkin...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks Olivier, this was extremely helpful. > > At the moment, I'm not sure which strategy makes the most sense, but > getting the source code should at least help determine how to move forward. > The immediate goal is to get Continuum running under Java 8, and if > possible, servlet 3 to speed up deployment by disabling jar scanning. > > I have migrated the subversion repo to a local git clone, but (from > http://www.codehaus.org) it appears that the source will be migrated to > github. Do you know if this will include redback? If so, the history should > be available at github after the shutdown. > I believe all svn repos from codehaus will be migrated as read only to a github account. > > Source Code: Will all be migrated to Github - SVN repos will be migrated to > > Git and transferred into the "codehaus" Github account. This is a > readonly > > account. Inactive projects may be migrated ahead of the shutdown. > > > Thanks again for your help, > > Brent > > On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 7:18 AM, Olivier Lamy <ol...@apache.org> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > On 12 May 2015 at 00:34, Brent Atkinson <brent.atkin...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > Greetings, > > > > > > On multiple fronts I discovered that the project's dependency on > Redback > > is > > > a blocker for using Java 8 and configuring the application for the > > Servlet > > > 3 spec. There are also larger issues with authentication, authorization > > and > > > user/role management that will need to be addressed to improve the > > overall > > > quality of Continuum going forward. > > > > > > It is not clear what the best strategy is for continuing: > > > > > > * Is it feasible to continue to use redback since its migration to a > > > sub-component of Archiva? > > > > > > > Note the redback version as archiva subcomponent is now without any jsp > > related technologies. > > > > > > > * How difficult would this re-integration be in terms of required > > changes > > > or level or effort? > > > > > > > need to add back jsp/tags > > > > > > > > > > If this is a considerable task, it may make more sense to patch (or > > > recompile) the old version to unblock forward progress in the short > term, > > > while working to migrate to something like Spring Security in later > > > releases. However, while trying to evaluate this as a possibility I had > > > trouble locating the historical versions. > > > > > > * Where is the source code for the older versions (specifically, > 1.3-M3)? > > > > > > > Here http://svn.codehaus.org/redback/redback/ > > > > Take care as codehaus will be soon shutdown. > > I guess it's in branches as redback-1.3-Mx > > > > Maybe this can be hosted as a branch in archiva redback git repo? > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > Brent > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Olivier Lamy > > http://twitter.com/olamy | http://linkedin.com/in/olamy > > > -- Olivier Lamy http://twitter.com/olamy | http://linkedin.com/in/olamy
