On 27/11/2019 17:07, Rémy Maucherat wrote: > On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 6:06 PM Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org > <mailto:ma...@apache.org>> wrote: > > Hi all, > > The Servlet 4 preview API in 8.5.x has been deprecated for over a year. > It was also inconsistent with the final Servlet 4.0 API until I fixed it > in 8.5.49 although no-one complained about the inconsistency. > > I'd like to propose removing the code completely. > > I know this is an unusual thing to do in a point release - hence this > discussion thread. My reasoning is: > > - Anyone who wants Servlet 4 will have moved to 9.0.x already > > - The servlet4preview has been deprecated for over a year > > - We warned that it would be removed from 8.5.x at some point when we > deprecated it. > > - If people were using it, they would have complained that the API was > wrong and no complaints were received. (At least I don't recall any.) > > - It adds unnecessary complexity to the 8.5.x code. > > - I like deleting code ;) > > > :) > > > Thoughts? > > > +1, try it.
I think I'll aim to do this not for the next 8.5.x release but the one after that. Mark --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@tomcat.apache.org
