[jsr-314-open] [jsf2next] PROJECT_STAGE system property configuration

[Andy Schwartz]

Ed Burns wrote:
>>>>>> On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:16:20 -0500, Andy Schwartz <andy.schwartz at oracle.com> said:
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> AS> https://javaserverfaces-spec-public.dev.java.net/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=499
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> AS> Can we add this to the MR list?
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> Yes, but I'd like to get agreement that we don't care about the Servlet
> EG's opinion on the VM-wide nature of system properties.
>   

Okay, thanks for the update Ed.  I wasn't aware that there had been push 
back from the Servlet EG on this.

Personally I don't understand the nature of the objection.  In some case 
fine-grained (application-specific) control is desired.  We have 
addressed this case via the context parameter.  There seems to be 
general agreement in our EG that a system-level property would also be 
beneficial and in particular would improve the ease of use of this 
feature for development-time scenarios (ie. no need for a web.xml or 
JNDI config).  Not sure why we need to choose one approach vs. the 
other.  Both serve a purpose.

> In fact, I'm on the phone with Bill Shannon, Roberto Chinnici, Rajiv
> Mordani, and the Sun EE architects right now for our weekly meeting.  I
> have requested a timeslot to bring this up (again) there.  I'm glad I'm
> on the phone because otherwise, I might get tomatoes thrown in my face.
>   

Wow, sounds harsh.  I guess I am missing why this is so controversial.

In any case, thanks for raising this (again).

Andy