I don't have a problem with keeping the XED files in WEB-INF/lib if the spec doesn't forbid it, especially if it simplifies the implementation.
Thanks, Marius On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 2:26 PM, Vincent Massol <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi devs, > > In XWiki 9.0RC1 we’re putting XED files in WEB-INF/lib next to the JAR to > which they correspond. > > I have 2 issues with this: > * We’re not really supposed to use WEB-INF/lib for that. WEB-INF/lib is > meant for JAR files that are to be made available to the classloader. It’s > even possible that some servlet container would emit warnings about this. > * This is a WTF for admins when they discover this. The WAR has a spec and > it’s standardised. Thus the WTF when you see this since you’re not used to > seeing this anywhere else. > > I’m thus proposing to move the XED files to a META-INF/xwiki/ directory > inside the WAR instead since META-INF is meant to contain metadata > information and is thus meant exactly for this. > > WDTY? > > Thanks > -Vincent > >
