Henri Gomez wrote: > Costin Manolache wrote: > >> iasandcb wrote: >> >> >>> Now it's almost clear that SRV 2.4 requires JDK 1.2 and JSP 2.0 does JDK >>> 1.4. The main issue is discrepancy of J2SE requirement between SRV 2.4 >>> and JSP 2.0, which are supposed to come up together. >> >> >> >> Actually, it isn't. >> >> All we know is that the current draft has this requirement. We should >> find a proper procedure ( for example a vote on tomcat dev ) and then >> ask our representative in JCP ( Geir for example - he's a very nice >> person ) to request a change. >> I don't know what's the proper mechanism yet - but Apache does have >> a representative and a vote, and we should have a way to have the >> opinion of tomcat-dev expressed. >> >> If the final JSP2.0 will require 1.4 - then we'll have to do that. It >> would be very unfortunate ( especially for jsp people ), and will >> require ( IMO ) a separate tomcat without JSPs. >> >> My opinion ( and it seems a lot of people have the same opinion ) that >> portability ( in the sense of beeing able to run on most OS and >> platforms ) >> seems to agree with what Apache is doing in most projects ( Apache >> server runs on more platforms than java - and did that even before >> 'write once, >> run everywhere'). We should first explore the alternative for having this >> opinion confirmed ( vote ? ) and expressed in the expert group. >> If the EG prefers features over portability - then we need to find a >> way to create a distribution without JSP ( is this possible ?) and maybe >> compensate by including cocoon or velocity. > > > +1 here . > > If Tomcat 5 require JDK 1.4, I'll have to stay with Tomcat 3.3.x or > 4.1.x on my Linux and iSeries productions boxes. > > Could we imagine alternatives ? > > - Tomcat 5 using Serlvet 2.3/JSP 1.2 ? > > - Tomcat 5 using Servlet 2.4 and JSP 1.2 ? > > - Tomcat 5 using Servlet 2.4 and JSP 1.2 or JSP 2.0 > depending the JVM found at runtime ? > > - Tomcat 5 bundled without JSP 2.0 ? > > - Tomcat 5 bundled with velocity or tea instead of JSP 2.0 ? > > I'm afraid that making JDK 1.4 mandatory for Tomcat 5 (or JSP 2.0) > will delay for a long time its adoption by companies, until all > platform got JDK 1.4, which means for example that people which > use IBM SDK on Linux or mainframes systems will have to wait up > to the end of year ad minima.
As I will probably have to deliver JSP 2.0 with the next Tomcat I would prefer that JSP 2.0 only requires JDK 1.3. But I like the idea of having a modular Tomcat. So Tomcat 5 bundled without JSP 2.0 but with ready for adding adding JSP, velocity or whatever sounds great. > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
