----- Original Message ----- From: "Glenn Nielsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2002 9:44 PM Subject: JSPC refactoring/documentation
> Based on problems reported by users of JSPC Remy made a proposal > to deprecate it. > > This resulted in a number of people responding that they used JSPC > and strongly felt it should be kept. > > There did seem to be some consensus that JSPC could beneifit from > a review and refactoring to make it easier to use. > > It could also benefit from better documentation if it is to remain > part of Tomcat. > > Perhaps those who so strongly support JSPC should take the lead to > review, refactor, simplify, and better document JSPC. Perhaps a > JSPC-HOWTO for the Tomcat docs once the refactoring is completed? > > > This could be part of a Tomcat 4.2 development effort. > There has been some discussion about other possible new features. > > Some new features/changes that have been discussed: > > A SecurityManager XML Policy file that allows secure delegation > to web applications for setting their own policies (within a sandbox). > > Using JMX to instrument Tomcat for production runtime monitoring. > > Possibly a JSPC refactoring. > > Audit the SecurityManager web application sandbox. > > Are there other changes/features that could be part of Tomcat 4.2 development? > >From previous posts, I gather that Remy isn't interested in RMing a 4.2 release. Unless Remy jumps in and tells me that I don't know what I'm talking about :), the biggest change would be to find someone to volunteer to RM it. Once I have my webapps working with 4.1 (the hold-up is basically porting custom Realm stuff at the moment), I'm sure I'll have a wish-list ;). > I have a laundry list of smaller issues I would like to address. Nothing major. > > Regards, > > Glenn > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:tomcat-dev-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:tomcat-dev-help@;jakarta.apache.org> > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:tomcat-dev-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:tomcat-dev-help@;jakarta.apache.org>
