because it is exposed as classpath dependency, changing it breaks backward compatibility.
On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 1:02 PM, Steve Loughran <ste...@hortonworks.com>wrote: > Jetty's a big change, it's fairly intimately involved in bits of the code > > but: it's a source of grief, currently webhdfs is an example > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HDFS-6221 > > all YARN apps seem to get hosted by it too > > > On 11 April 2014 20:56, Robert Rati <rr...@redhat.com> wrote: > > > I don't mean to be dense, but can you expand on why jetty 8 can't go into > > branch2? What is the concern? > > > > Rob > > > > > > On 04/11/2014 10:55 AM, Alejandro Abdelnur wrote: > > > >> if you mean updating jetty on branch2, we cannot do that. it has to be > >> done in trunk. > >> > >> thx > >> > >> Alejandro > >> (phone typing) > >> > >> On Apr 11, 2014, at 4:46, Robert Rati <rr...@redhat.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> Just an FYI, but I'm working on updating that jetty patch for the > >>> current 2.4.0 release. The one that is there won't cleanly apply > because > >>> so much has changed since it was posted. I'll post a new patch when > it's > >>> done. > >>> > >>> Rob > >>> > >>> On 04/11/2014 04:24 AM, Steve Loughran wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> On 10 April 2014 18:12, Eli Collins <e...@cloudera.com> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> Let's speak less abstractly, are there particular features or new > >>>>> dependencies that you would like to contribute (or see contributed) > >>>>> that > >>>>> require using the Java 1.7 APIs? Breaking compat in v2 or rolling a > v3 > >>>>> release are both non-trivial, not something I suspect we'd want to do > >>>>> just > >>>>> because it would be, for example, nicer to have a newer version of > >>>>> Jetty. > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> Oddly enough, rolling the web framework is something I'd like to see > in > >>>> a > >>>> v3. the shuffle may be off jetty, but webhdfs isn't. Moving up also > >>>> lets is > >>>> reliably switch to servlet API v3 > >>>> > >>>> But.. I think we may be able to increment Jetty more without going to > >>>> java7, see https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-9650 . > >>>> > >>>> > > -- > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE > NOTICE: This message is intended for the use of the individual or entity to > which it is addressed and may contain information that is confidential, > privileged and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader > of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that > any printing, copying, dissemination, distribution, disclosure or > forwarding of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have > received this communication in error, please contact the sender immediately > and delete it from your system. Thank You. > -- Alejandro
