----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tomcat Developers List" <tomcat-dev@jakarta.apache.org> Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 3:30 PM Subject: Re: Migration to Subversion
> Yoav Shapira wrote: > > > >>Any and all comments appreciated. In particular: > >>a. Should more 3.x.x versions should be included in 4 & 5 above? > >>b. I have assumed that all releases before 5.5.x will use the 5.0 branch > >>of the connectors. Is this assumption valid? > > > > I don't think so. Some Tomcat 3.x versions, for example, already use the > > latest connectors that are also used by Tomcat 5.5. > > That is fine as long as you build and run on a 1.4+ JDK but when checking for > 1.3 compatibility the Coyote/HTTP connector fails. The root cause is the use > of the 1.4 regexp API in o.a.coyote.http11.Http11Processor > (http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=tomcat-dev&m=109403344007532&w=2). > This is true. However in TC 3.3 the Coyote connectors have always been optional. That's why I've kept it using j-t-c HEAD even with the 1.4 dependancy. Of course, it's pretty mote until it's time to do a 3.3.3 release ;-). > Possible solutions: > 1. Use the 5.0 branch > 2. Revert the patch and go back to using jakarta-regexp > 3. Introduce an o.a.coyote.http11.tomcat4 package and place a copy of > Http11Processor in it that uses jakarta-regexp. > > Pros/Cons > 1. Would mean an awful lot of porting. > 2. Quick but adds an unnecessary library to TC5 and leaves TC5 using two > different regexp libs > 3. Relatively quick but would need some build.xml tweaking for TC5 > > Unless anyone has a better idea, I'll crack on with 3 over the weekend. > I've thought that it should be possible to do this with an Ant filter (so that you don't have to maintain a separate copy of the file). I've always been too lazy to actually sit down and write it however. :). > On the Subversion front, I have TC4 building with jakarta-tomcat-connectors > HEAD and will commit it once I have finished testing the various connector and > JVM combinations (I don't plan to provide APR support in TC4). Once I have got > this out of the way, I'll work with Henri on the test Watchdog migration. > > Mark > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > This message is intended only for the use of the person(s) listed above as the intended recipient(s), and may contain information that is PRIVILEGED and CONFIDENTIAL. If you are not an intended recipient, you may not read, copy, or distribute this message or any attachment. If you received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and then delete all copies of this message and any attachments. In addition you should be aware that ordinary (unencrypted) e-mail sent through the Internet is not secure. Do not send confidential or sensitive information, such as social security numbers, account numbers, personal identification numbers and passwords, to us via ordinary (unencrypted) e-mail. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
