All right, in that case, shall I start implementing those new API classes? I'm sure there's little fun for you guys in implementing all those interfaces/etc. ;-)
/Jan-Kees 2008/11/29 Simon Lessard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi Jan-Kees, > > MyFaces has its own version of the javax.faces.8 within myfaces-api.jar > file. That file obviously has the same content as Mojarra's, but with > different code and thus a different bug/peformance base. However I must > admit that most difference reside within the -impl > > > Regards, > > ~ Simon > > On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 6:38 PM, Jan-Kees van Andel > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> It might be a stupid question, but where does the MyFaces javax.faces >> codebase come from? Is it copied straight from Mojarra? Or does this cause >> licensing issues and must all files be created by hand, based on the spec? >> >> A.t.m., many of the new classes, like the pdl.facelets package are >> missing. >> >> If you guys want, I can start adding them to myfaces2 if it needs to be >> done by hand. >> >> Regards, >> Jan-Kees >> >> >> >> 2008/11/27 Simon Lessard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> >>> I don't think just dropping the code will be enough. There are some >>> contract difference between Facelets and Facelets in JSF 2.0. Although >>> they're mostly compatible, some interfaces were added (see pdl) and the >>> createView contract was changed as well (forcing full tree population that >>> doesn't seem to be the case in Facelets code atm). >>> >>> Furthermore, imho it's quite healthy to fork the code as it's going to >>> start an improvement "competition" between Mojarra's Facelets and our >>> Facelets, much like what happened when MyFaces was first implemented, much >>> faster than RI at the time, forcing the latter to improve their own code and >>> so on. >>> >>> That being said, if the community feels like we should limit the amount >>> of changes as much as possible (to include Facelets updates and bug fixes >>> every now and then for example), I could also abide to that. >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> ~ Simon >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 3:26 AM, Werner Punz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Kito Mann schrieb: >>>>> >>>>> Hey Simon, >>>>> >>>>> Just curious: are you guys implementing Facelets from scratch? >>>>> >>>> I have not had a look yet at the current codebase, but to my knowledge >>>> facelets itself has been relizenced under ASF2 >>>> I would suggest just for the sake of keeping the compatibility close >>>> no reimplementation just drag the code over, dont change the packages >>>> if possible so that we at least there have a shared codebase. >>>> It just does not make sense to do a full reimplementation or >>>> to fork the code, since there are no political issues between the RI and >>>> MyFaces, on the contrary we have an excellent relationship! >>>> >>>> >>>> Werner >>>> >>> >> > >
