I should've been more explicit. The feature of having a self-contained app server for pure gwt frontend development (for dev purposes). My understanding is that it's a choice of bumping up Java version or losing Jetty.
On Tue., Apr. 13, 2021, 12:04 Thomas Broyer, <[email protected]> wrote: > Which features are you talking about? Which would you lose by switching to > using a *real* Jetty server alongside GWT CodeServer? > > Le mar. 13 avr. 2021 à 20:01, Richi Plana <[email protected]> a écrit : > >> As a user and non-contributor, I would vote for bumping up versions (Java >> 7 to 8, Jetty to 9.4). The move to Java 8 is something I would have to do >> if I had any Java 7 projects left. And Jetty has lots of used features that >> I'm not hearing proposals for replacement for. >> On 2021-04-11 9:15 a.m., Jens wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> we all know the issue: DevMode bundles Jetty and people are using it even >> though we do not recommend it. Consequently people are complaining that >> bundled Jetty is too old. So every once in a while we upgrade it. >> >> Currently with GWT 2.9.0 the situation is: >> - GWT SDK is compiled to Java 7 byte code >> - GWT Compiler requires ASM 7.x to support Java 11 >> - DevMode bundles Jetty 9.2 which uses ASM 5.x >> - gwt-dev.jar can only bundle a single Jetty, since we do not relocate >> it. However there is already a question asking for Jakarta Servlet support, >> e.g. Jetty 11 / Tomcat 10. >> >> Currently the ASM version misalignment between Jetty 9.2 and GWT compiler >> causes classpath issues. This could be fixed by upgrading to Jetty 9.4 and >> consequently compiling GWT SDK to Java 8 byte code as that is a requirement >> for Jetty 9.4. >> >> However given the new Jakarta namespace and first questions about >> supporting it, I am wondering if it wouldn't be wiser to remove embedded >> Jetty from DevMode now, invest some work to make GWT-RPC and RequestFactory >> useable with old javax.servlet and new jakarta.servlet namespaces and >> finally cut a 2.10 or 3.0 release given the removal of embedded Jetty. >> >> Personally I would strongly vote for removal because GWT nowadays is in >> maintenance mode with only very few changes here and there to support J2CL >> better. Even reviews from contributors are rare these days I guess. Every >> action we take nowadays should take maintenance effort into account and a >> low maintenance effort is obviously preferred. If we upgrade Jetty to 9.4 >> we still have that Jakarta issue coming up more often in the future for >> sure. >> >> Generally this would be a decision made by GWT steering group but I have >> no idea if this group still exists. So I am asking here for a decision how >> to move on. >> >> -- J. >> -- >> 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/622544a8-85d5-41c5-b8da-7a733667eb89n%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/google-web-toolkit-contributors/622544a8-85d5-41c5-b8da-7a733667eb89n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> -- >> 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/c317be1c-55d9-f255-0b0f-e05da19240ee%40gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/google-web-toolkit-contributors/c317be1c-55d9-f255-0b0f-e05da19240ee%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > 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/CAEayHEOAgJFjDiacN7w31ASa3pg8bL%2B0mEOc1Q7Sy1cdCtTd4w%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/google-web-toolkit-contributors/CAEayHEOAgJFjDiacN7w31ASa3pg8bL%2B0mEOc1Q7Sy1cdCtTd4w%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CAA5%3Digxoak0nwLOw%2B%3Dtyy0UXNpSaqp4_yL5DJsPM_4_jADEg4Q%40mail.gmail.com.
