[jboss-dev] new shared JBOSS_HOME/server/lib directory

[Scott Stark]

Aleksandar Kostadinov wrote:
> So you're saying the approach I suggest is *fundamentally* flawed? See 
> below why I don't agree. I just opt for a better temporary solution so 
> we don't have to deal with the current for a long time. If too hard 
> then I'm ok with that.
>
> Let me summarize what I don't like in current server/lib approach and 
> I hope that to be my last mail.
> 1. repurposing servers directory (I think better would be 
> JBOSS_HOME/shared or something)
That was Dimitris original proposal as well, so it seem like what most 
agree on.
> 2. will possibly be hardly reusable for additional server 
> configurations (imagine if we want one less lib in the configuration) 
> + leads again to duplication of libs in the distribution (although 
> much less).
The server config can choose to not include a jar from the shared lib 
directory. We have not really talked about how the shared/lib contents 
are included in what traditionally was a server/xxx/lib/* wildcard 
inclusion of everything. A classpath element that allows for wildard 
inclusion as well as exclusion would allow a server config to use any 
set of shared jars.
>
> 3. one can't easily change a bundled library only in one configuration 
> for some test purposes (imagine security update testing)
>
Also addressed by a more flexible classpath notion.