https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=63206

--- Comment #10 from Remy Maucherat <r...@apache.org> ---
(In reply to Andy Wilkinson from comment #3)
> > Tomcat shouldn't be creating directories unless explicitly directed to do 
> > so.
> 
> That seems a little arbitrary to apply that rule in this case. Tomcat
> already creates directories in several places. A few examples from a
> non-exhaustive search of the codebase:
> 
>  - JspCompilationContext will create the output directory if needed during
> JSP compilation [1]
>  - Tomcat will create the base directory during startup if needed [2]
>  - StandardContext will create its work directory if needed [3]

The examples are misleading:
- Per webapp folders will always be automatically created (obviously), this is
part of the webapp deployment process
- For the last one (the main folder), this is probably a relic of old days and
we might not do it right now as it's not actually very useful

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