Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-tomcat-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 25444 invoked from network); 14 Sep 2007 19:47:13 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.2) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 14 Sep 2007 19:47:13 -0000 Received: (qmail 13544 invoked by uid 500); 14 Sep 2007 19:47:02 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-tomcat-dev-archive@tomcat.apache.org Received: (qmail 13497 invoked by uid 500); 14 Sep 2007 19:47:02 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@tomcat.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: "Tomcat Developers List" Delivered-To: mailing list dev@tomcat.apache.org Received: (qmail 13482 invoked by uid 99); 14 Sep 2007 19:47:02 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 14 Sep 2007 12:47:02 -0700 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.0 required=10.0 tests=SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (nike.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [209.133.199.10] (HELO jimsys.jagunet.com) (209.133.199.10) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 14 Sep 2007 19:48:45 +0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by jimsys.jagunet.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B539BB35DC4 for ; Fri, 14 Sep 2007 15:46:41 -0400 (EDT) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) In-Reply-To: <96e4b5230709141149j90bd5cej2870e551629c67b0@mail.gmail.com> References: <20070913152000.5FD6C1A9832@eris.apache.org> <46E9565B.2060108@apache.org> <46E97691.8090507@joedog.org> <46E999CF.20001@apache.org> <46EAB1AA.50805@apache.org> <46EAD3AB.8020505@joedog.org> <96e4b5230709141149j90bd5cej2870e551629c67b0@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Jim Jagielski Subject: Re: svn commit: r575332 - in /tomcat/tc6.0.x/trunk: java/org/apache/naming/resources/FileDirContext.java webapps/docs/changelog.xml Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 15:46:41 -0400 To: "Tomcat Developers List" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org On Sep 14, 2007, at 2:49 PM, Costin Manolache wrote: > > It may also have some implications on other use cases - deployment > ( the > current pattern > is that all files for a webapp are in one place ), replication > ( i.e. if > someone wants same webapps > on a pool of servers ). > To me this is an important point... the beauty of webapps is that, well, they are self contained. But I can also easily see the advantage, from an admin and even developer PoV for more flexibility. Basically, of course, Aliases are runtime configurations of what could be done via file-system provided symlinks... So the security and API issues should see what, if anything, can be gleamed from that... --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscribe@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-help@tomcat.apache.org