I&#39;ll not create any JIRAs for problems that come and go with the presence and absence of dialect &quot;mvel&quot;.<br><br>After one of those, Mark has urged me to create another JIRA for MVEL, and this I just won&#39;t do. For me, as a <i>Drools </i>user, this project <i>Drools </i>has adopted MVEL as a vehicle for primary expression and statement evaluation; since 5.2.0 it seems that I don&#39;t have a choice for some parts of the Drools language. For me, this means that the full responsibility now rests with the Drools team - I cannot simply work around by sticking with &#39;dialect &quot;java&quot;&#39;.<br>
<br>Sorry if this sounds harsh and egocentric, but what I&#39;ve heard about MVEL maintainer&#39;s non-eagerness for fixing bugs hasn&#39;t inspired me to do otherwise. (Since this is hearsay, I should add the politically correct statement: &quot;innocent until proven otherwise&quot;.)<br>
<br>Regards<br>Wolfgang<br><br>