[keycloak-dev] AS7 subsystem problems Re: release? Stan?

[Stian Thorgersen]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stan Silvert" <ssilvert at redhat.com>
> To: "Stian Thorgersen" <stian at redhat.com>
> Cc: keycloak-dev at lists.jboss.org
> Sent: Thursday, 4 December, 2014 1:39:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [keycloak-dev] AS7 subsystem problems Re:  release?  Stan?
> 
> On 12/4/2014 7:32 AM, Stian Thorgersen wrote:
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Stan Silvert" <ssilvert at redhat.com>
> >> To: keycloak-dev at lists.jboss.org
> >> Sent: Thursday, 4 December, 2014 1:27:11 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [keycloak-dev] AS7 subsystem problems Re:  release?  Stan?
> >>
> >> On 12/4/2014 2:54 AM, Stian Thorgersen wrote:
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>>> From: "Bill Burke" <bburke at redhat.com>
> >>>> To: keycloak-dev at lists.jboss.org
> >>>> Sent: Wednesday, 3 December, 2014 8:23:55 PM
> >>>> Subject: Re: [keycloak-dev] AS7 subsystem problems Re:  release?  Stan?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On 12/3/2014 12:30 PM, Stan Silvert wrote:
> >>>>> 1) Bring back the old code for the AS7 subsystem.
> >>>> Bring it back.  If you don't, let me know and I'll do it.
> >>> Why? I don't get why we keep trying to get AS7 to work. We've already
> >>> wasted a fair bit of time on this.
> >> To me, it's not really a matter of getting it to work.  I've restored
> >> the old code and I just need to test everything out today. There is no
> >> reason to think it won't work as before.
> >>
> >> The only question in my mind is whether or not anyone will want to use
> >> it.  I guess there is not that much incremental cost in maintaining the
> >> old code.  As I understand it, Bill's overriding strategy is to support
> >> every platform possible.
> >>
> >> I've already changed course on this a couple of times, so I'd like to
> >> just finish and move on.
> > Sure, I just want a reason to continue supporting AS7 though as it does
> > come back to haunt us every once in a while.
> >
> > JPA issues, web-services issues, sub-system issues, etc.. By now we've
> > probably spent a few days at least this year on an outdated platform.
> Perhaps dropping auth server support will help with that?  What I'm
> doing now only affects AS7 client apps.

Yes, IMO we should definitively drop auth server support on AS7.

With regards to client support, IMO we should drop support for AS7 completely, but at very least the subsystem and just require including the adapter in the WAR like we do for Tomcat, Jetty, etc...

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