Thank Russell for the comprehensive explanation. On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 3:33 AM, Russell E Glaue <rgl...@cait.org> wrote:
> I do not know the answer, but have two suggestions as why this is > necessary. > > 1. First, we should be trying to make servlet compliance identical (as much > as > possible) between Jetty and Tomcat, and any future Servlet container. Being > strict can better ensure cross-servlet-container compatibility. > > 2. I would assume the ...STRICT_COMPLIANCE=false allows the software to be > forgiving to users that may use older syntax, or to make the servlet more > backwards compatible. > > I would suggest that unless necessary to do otherwise, we should always > observe > strict compliance. Strict Compliance should be interpreted as requiring the > exact unforgiving syntax for servlet compliance. > > I would also suggest that if the spring sample travel does not work well in > the > latest version of tomcat under Geronimo, that it be updated to meet the > current > specific strict servlet requirements. > Perhaps one reason tomcat has SERVLET_COMPLIANE=false is to make the older > sample webapps compliant so that time was not spent on upgrading the old > webapp. > And perhaps this webapp is an example for the reason why the tomcat has > this set > to false by default in the first place. > > IMO, Better to be strict and enforce compliance, because at some point the > old > deprecated syntax has to go away. And with current configuration, we alert > the > Geronimo admin about the uncompliant configuration, and they can choose to > fix > the compliance issue, and set the STRICT_COMPLIANCE flag to false and have > some > breathing room time to fix the issue. > > -RG > > > On 09/19/2011 12:43 AM, han hongfang wrote: > > Hi devs, > > > > When I look into the https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GERONIMO-6127, > I > > notice that in \trunk\plugins\tomcat\tomcat7\src\main\plan\plan.xml, > geronimo > > sets org.apache.catalina.STRICT_SERVLET_COMPLIANCE=true, but it is false > in > > tomcat by default. This causes the spring sample travel works well in > tomcat, > > but has homepage access issue (404 error) in geronimo. > > > > Could somebody give me a hint why geronimo explicitly sets > > org.apache.catalina.STRICT_SERVLET_COMPLIANCE as true? Does the default > value > > false lead to any problem? > > > > -- > > Best regards, > > > > Han Hong Fang (Janet) > > hanhongfang AT apache.org <http://apache.org> > > > > > -- Best regards, Han Hong Fang (Janet) hanhongfang AT apache.org
