Oh my, I totally missed this: https://gwt-review.googlesource.com/#/q/Iaef14e17716e0f4784a466361db13930f887c996 (forgot actually, as I apparently commented on it) So yes, gwt-codeserver is actually useless starting with GWT 2.7.0-rc1.
On Thursday, October 8, 2015 at 9:48:15 AM UTC+2, Cristiano wrote: > > Hello all, > > I was asking myself when I should use the gwt-codeserver.jar > I'm not including it into my project but I can run Super Dev Mode anyway, > so I've checked the content of the gwt-codeserver.jar to see what it does > provide that is not provided by gwt-dev: > > Handwritten:gwt-0.0.0 cristcost$ pwd > /Users/cristcost/dev/Open-Source/gwt-trunk/build/staging/gwt-0.0.0 > Handwritten:gwt-0.0.0 cristcost$ *unzip -l gwt-codeserver.jar* > Archive: gwt-codeserver.jar > Length Date Time Name > -------- ---- ---- ---- > 0 10-05-15 10:39 META-INF/ > 157 10-05-15 10:39 META-INF/MANIFEST.MF > 0 10-05-15 10:39 com/ > 0 10-05-15 10:39 com/google/ > 0 10-05-15 10:39 com/google/gwt/ > 0 10-05-15 10:39 com/google/gwt/dev/ > 0 10-05-15 10:39 *com/google/gwt/dev/codeserver*/ > 8425 10-05-15 10:39 *com/google/gwt/dev/codeserver/* > CodeServer.class > *[...omissis...]* > 2492 06-30-15 09:52 *com/google/gwt/dev/codeserver* > /stub.nocache.js > 122 10-05-15 10:39 META-INF/INDEX.LIST > -------- ------- > 509150 122 files > Handwritten:gwt-0.0.0 cristcost$ > > everything is inside the folder *com/google/gwt/dev/codeserver* , ok, > let's compare with dev: > > Handwritten:gwt-0.0.0 cristcost$ unzip -l *gwt-dev.jar* > com/google/gwt/dev/codeserver/* > Archive: gwt-dev.jar > Length Date Time Name > -------- ---- ---- ---- > 0 10-05-15 10:39 com/google/gwt/dev/codeserver/ > 8425 10-05-15 10:39 com/google/gwt/dev/codeserver/CodeServer.class > *[...omissis...]* > 2492 06-30-15 09:52 com/google/gwt/dev/codeserver/stub.nocache.js > -------- ------- > *508871* *115 files* > Handwritten:gwt-0.0.0 cristcost$ > > > and now let's filter more with more precision gwt-codeserver.jar to > compare the differences: > > Handwritten:gwt-0.0.0 cristcost$ unzip -l *gwt-codeserver.jar* > com/google/gwt/dev/codeserver/* > Archive: gwt-codeserver.jar > Length Date Time Name > -------- ---- ---- ---- > 0 10-05-15 10:39 com/google/gwt/dev/codeserver/ > 8425 10-05-15 10:39 com/google/gwt/dev/codeserver/CodeServer.class > *[...omissis...]* > 2492 06-30-15 09:52 com/google/gwt/dev/codeserver/stub.nocache.js > -------- ------- > *508871* *115 files* > Handwritten:gwt-0.0.0 cristcost$ > > > same number of files, same size, so gwt-codeserver.jar I think this is not > coincidence and then codeserver is completely included in gwt-dev. > So, is useless? > What is the purpose of it? > > thanks, > Cristiano > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GWT Contributors" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/google-web-toolkit-contributors/6600c0ae-25f8-4652-85fc-45266c692ad1%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
