[jboss-jira] [JBoss JIRA] Commented: (JBAS-5453) Make DeleteWorkDirOnContextDestroy=true the default setting

Make DeleteWorkDirOnContextDestroy=true the default setting ----------------------------------------------------------- Key: JBAS-5453 URL: http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBAS-5453 Project: JBoss Application Server Issue Type: Bug Security Level: Public(Everyone can see) Components: Web (Tomcat) service Affects Versions: JBossAS-5.0.0.Beta4 Reporter: Mike Millson Assigned To: Remy Maucherat JBAS-3358 added the DeleteWorkDirOnContextDestroy property to handle use cases that require the work directory not be deleted on context destroy. This includes cases where it is desired to persist session data between restarts/redeploys and cases where customers do not precompile JSPs and no not want previously compiled JSPs to be recompiled after a restart/redeploy. However, this default setting is causing issues with enterprise users deploying applications that have gone through long quality assurance and user acceptance testing cycles. JSP files will at times necessarily be created earlier than the compilation time of JSPs from older versions of the application that are running in production. Also, sometimes it is necessary to roll back an older version of an application in an emergency. The current default setting causes stale JSPs to be served. Also, enterprise uders often run a clustered configuration, where the concept of saving the session locally in the work directory likely does not apply. Precompiling JSPs is ultimately the best solution; however, many users are still not doing this. My guess is there are more users relying on stale JSPs not being served than session persistence across restarts.