[jbosstools-dev] ACTION REQUIRED: Should there be 2 versions of javax.servlet in JBDS?

[Max Rydahl Andersen]

Looks like a missed update when going to Mars ?

I would just move it up. It's probably used by jetty in eclipse. 

/max
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> On 16 Apr 2015, at 05:45, Rob Stryker <rstryker at redhat.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> A fresh download of Luna SR2 shows the following files with 
> 'javax.servlet' in the name:
> 
> [rob at localhost wildfly-web-9.0.0.Beta2.zip.expanded]$ tar -ztvf 
> /tmp/eclipse-jee-luna-SR2-linux-gtk-x86_64.tar.gz | grep "javax.servlet"
> -rw-rw-r-- messagebus/users  107235 2015-02-19 03:30 
> eclipse/plugins/javax.servlet.jsp_2.2.0.v201112011158.jar
> -rw-rw-r-- messagebus/users   201594 2015-02-19 03:30 
> eclipse/plugins/javax.servlet_3.0.0.v201112011016.jar
> 
> 
> A fresh download of Mars shows the following files with "javax.servlet" 
> in the name:
> 
> [rob at localhost wildfly-web-9.0.0.Beta2.zip.expanded]$ tar -ztvf 
> /tmp/eclipse-jee-mars-M6-linux-gtk-x86_64.tar.gz | grep "javax.servlet"
> -rw-rw-r-- genie.packaging/technology.packaging   105235 2015-03-26 
> 08:15 eclipse/plugins/javax.servlet_3.1.0.v201410161800.jar
> -rw-rw-r-- genie.packaging/technology.packaging   107235 2015-03-26 
> 08:15 eclipse/plugins/javax.servlet.jsp_2.2.0.v201112011158.jar
> 
> My guess is that we had servlet 3.0 in the Luna TP and when we simply 
> 'added' the mars deps, we added the new one.  I would suggest that if 
> Mars does not come with a javax.servlet_3.0  then we don't need it.
> 
> I know my code specifically does not depend on it either, but I cannot 
> guarantee others do not require specifics. I honestly can't imagine 
> anyone on our team requiring servlet 3.0 jar specifically, but I have 
> been known to suffer from a lack of imagination in the past.
> 
> - Rob Stryker
> 
> 
>> On 04/15/2015 05:56 PM, Nick Boldt wrote:
>> Just wondering if anyone knows WHY we include javax.servlet 3.0.0 and
>> 3.1.0 in JBDS.
>> 
>> More importantly... SHOULD we be including both? Or can we just include
>> 3.1.0 and drop 3.0.0?
>> 
>> If we need both, then that's fine -- I'll add another exclusion rule to
>> versionwatch [1]. But if we only need the newer one, that's even better.
>> 
>> [1]
>> https://github.com/jbdevstudio/jbdevstudio-qa/blob/master/vwatch/src/main/resources/multiple-version-ignore.properties
>> 
>> Looking into our 4.50.x target platforms [2], I see we explicitly add
>> javax.servlet 3.0.0 but don't add 3.1.0.
>> 
>> [2]
>> https://github.com/jbosstools/jbosstools-target-platforms/blob/4.50.x/jbdevstudio/multiple/jbdevstudio-multiple.target#L32
>> 
>> Maybe we should remove the 3.0.0 version from the target platform for
>> Alpha2, and see if anything breaks? 8-D
> 
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