looks good to me!

regards,

Martin

On 1/18/08, Scott O'Bryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hey everyone,
>
> I just got back from a Face 2 Face of the JSR-301 Expert Group (the group
> defining the Java Standard for the bridge).  As I've been saying for a bit,
> there is going to be a different specification for each portlet/jsf version
> out there.  Initially there will be two specifications produced though this
> JSR.  The first is the Portlet 1.0 Bridge for JSF 1.2 and the second is the
> Portlet 2.0 Bridge for JSF 1.2.  Eventually we'll probably have a Portlet
> 2.0 Bridge for JSF 2.0 etc.  I'm going to find a way to make this very easy
> to figure out on the bridge web-site, but I think what we'd like to do is
> have a single web-site for the bridge while still being able to maintain the
> various (independently versioned) codelines of the bridge.
>
> So I'm thinking of restructuring the base level of the portlet bridge source
> tree and I wanted to get everyones take on the following:
>
>
> portlet-bridge
>    master
>      trunk  - master pom for all bridges and main site
>      tags
>      branches
>    jsf1.2
>       portlet1.0
>          trunk
>             api
>             impl
>             demo
>          tags
>          branches
>       portlet2.0
>          trunk
>             api
>             impl
>             demo
>          tags
>          branches
>
> Then as future JSR specs are added, we could just add the appropriate
> directory and update the master pom file.
>
> *A NOTE ON THE BRIDGE* - Even though there are different versions of the
> spec, the bridges are written such that the bridge for Portlet 1.0 should
> run on Portlet 2.0 but without some of the extra functionality/correctness
> or speed.  An application upgrading to the Portlet 2.0 version of the spec
> should have to change very little, if at all.  The reason that we thought
> that having seperate code trees for these versions was preferable is that
> once the code in these codelines has stabilized, hopefully there will be
> very little need to change the implementation short of an update to the
> specification.  So although the initial release of the bridge with these two
> specifications in place may well mean we have to apply patches in two
> places, I doubt that cost would continue as the project progresses.
>
> Anyone NOT think this structure is a good one?  I'd like to apply it Monday
> unless there are any concerns/suggestions.
>
> Scott
>


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