On 16/06/2025 20:32, Fab Stz wrote:
You most certainly don't need the Servlet API 2.2, the package should
build against libservlet-api-java (Servlet API 4.0) with minor
adjustments (if any).
Actually I did that initially and even tried to "fix it" but that went much
above my skills and interest. Enough to prefer engaging in making the package
for api 2.2 and searching its source code (which was not an easy part).
Actually many functions of servlet >= 2.3 are not implemented in jigsaw. Build
fails with any servlet-api version >= 2.3. Would anyone try to fix/patch it?
The package on my salsa repo would be a good starting point since it builds
fine with the bin:libjakarta-servletapi-2.2-java package installed, otherwise
sources (without the debian part) can taken from:
https://github.com/tenzap/jigsaw (branch with-jdk21).
I just realized that Jigsaw is actually a web server, so that's not
surprising if it doesn't build with the Servlet API 4.0.
But this raises another question: why a 20 year old unmaintained web
server is necessary? Is it possible to do without it?
How would you ship the **war** or **webapp**?
If vnu doesn't require the webapp, do not package it. Let's keep things
simple (and fun).
Now that it's done, can I leave it that way instead of just throwing all the
work away?
It can actually have some interest to deploy the war/webapp on the server
(jetty/tomcat) that's why I packaged it.
It's also about avoiding extra work in the future for maintaining a
package that may not be used.
Emmanuel Bourg
