Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-jakarta-tomcat-dev-archive@apache.org Received: (qmail 27731 invoked from network); 2 Mar 2003 19:57:56 -0000 Received: from exchange.sun.com (192.18.33.10) by daedalus.apache.org with SMTP; 2 Mar 2003 19:57:56 -0000 Received: (qmail 7794 invoked by uid 97); 2 Mar 2003 19:59:38 -0000 Delivered-To: qmlist-jakarta-archive-tomcat-dev@nagoya.betaversion.org Received: (qmail 7787 invoked from network); 2 Mar 2003 19:59:37 -0000 Received: from daedalus.apache.org (HELO apache.org) (208.185.179.12) by nagoya.betaversion.org with SMTP; 2 Mar 2003 19:59:37 -0000 Received: (qmail 26840 invoked by uid 500); 2 Mar 2003 19:57:49 -0000 Mailing-List: contact tomcat-dev-help@jakarta.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Help: List-Post: List-Id: "Tomcat Developers List" Reply-To: "Tomcat Developers List" Delivered-To: mailing list tomcat-dev@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 26824 invoked from network); 2 Mar 2003 19:57:48 -0000 Received: from main.gmane.org (80.91.224.249) by daedalus.apache.org with SMTP; 2 Mar 2003 19:57:48 -0000 Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18pZaR-0001sC-00 for ; Sun, 02 Mar 2003 20:57:27 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: tomcat-dev@jakarta.apache.org Received: from news by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18pZaR-0001s2-00 for ; Sun, 02 Mar 2003 20:57:27 +0100 From: Costin Manolache Subject: Re: [4.1.21] Stability rating Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2003 11:52:52 -0800 Lines: 35 Message-ID: References: <3E5E342C.4000801@apache.org> <3E60570B.1070201@apache.org> <3E624400.60107@gefionsoftware.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org User-Agent: KNode/0.7.2 Sender: news X-Spam-Rating: daedalus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N X-Spam-Rating: daedalus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N Hans Bergsten wrote: >> Good. For JspC, I think there are more urgent problems than the tag >> related problem, such as the mangling issues which just got fixed in >> Tomcat 5. That's why I didn't bother trying to apply whatever patch was >> needed for tags, knowing it would still be broken. > > Well, if you apply the patch that fixes the "NPE when packaged tag > libraries are used" proble, it would be _less_ broken ;-) Seriously, > this patch has been submitted by at least two people, has been available > for months, and does not cause any regression. Why not just apply it > and move on? You are a tomcat committer just like Remy or everyone else. Commit the fix - and if someone has a problem with it he can -1 and propose a better solution. > The "mangling problem" (I assume you refer to problems with filepath > names containing dots) is far less common, and if it's hard to fix (I > haven't looked at it), it could wait. But if the TC 5 patch can easily > be ported to 4.1, why not do it? Even if you refer to some problem I'm > not aware of, fixing the NPE problem can hardly be a bad idea since > it affects _everyone_ who tries to use JSPC with packaged tag libraries > (the majority case in the real world). Good question. Why not do it ? Thanks for volunteering ! Costin --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tomcat-dev-unsubscribe@jakarta.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: tomcat-dev-help@jakarta.apache.org