Not so.  The branch was created off of the 1.1.0 release point.  Bill,
please correct me if I am wrong.

sean

On 10/24/05, Simon Kitching <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Sean Schofield wrote:
> > Check your SVN again.  r291865 was on the trunk not the branch.  So
> > now you have proved my point.  It was not introduced on the branch so
> > a fix in 1.1.1 is unecessary.
>
> Well, yes the commit *was* done on TRUNK. But the 1_1_1 branch was
> created in R291992, so the change is *also* present in the 1_1_1 branch.
>
> Regards,
>
> Simon
>
> >
> > On 10/24/05, Simon Kitching <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> See comments inline...
> >>
> >> Sean Schofield wrote:
> >>> I haven't investigated this issue very closely but I doubt that
> >>> changes in the 1.1.1 branch caused this bug.  Its certainly possible
> >>> but we've been limiting the changes to must have fixes.  Its hard to
> >>> imagine one of these changes impacting jsCookmenu.
> >>>
> >>> Unfortunately I do not have time to track this down and prove it to
> >>> you.  If the other committers have the time and inclination to track
> >>> this down, fix it, build a new RC, rerun the Cactus tests and then
> >>> rerun the TCK then perhaps they will agree to your request.
> >> I understand all about lack of time :-).
> >>
> >> The 1.1.0 release was R280683.
> >>
> >> The problem was introduced in R291865, which is definitely in the 1_1_1
> >> branch:
> >> http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/myfaces/tomahawk/branches/1_1_1/src/java/org/apache/myfaces/custom/navmenu/jscookmenu/HtmlJSCookMenuRenderer.java?rev=291992&view=log
> >>
> >> An alternative to applying my patch would be to roll back to the version
> >> prior to R291865, and then reapply the two patches that were added on
> >> the branch since that patch.
> >>
> >>> My guess is that everyone wants to move on with this release since we
> >>> don't have concrete evidence suggesting that *new* bugs have been
> >>> introduced on the branch.  Its not like you (or anyone else) is stuck.
> >>>  The bug has been fixed on the trunk so what's the problem?  I'd
> >>> rather get to work on a 1.1.2 release with a ton of other changes that
> >>> have happened on the trunk.
> >>
> >> There will be lots of people who *haven't* tested the RC releases. They
> >> are likely to get an unpleasant shock when trying to upgrade from 1.1.0
> >> to 1.1.1. They *will* be stuck with 1.1.0, ie will not be able to get
> >> the patches in this release without changing their code. That's
> >> something people expect in a 1.x -> 2.x change, and will grumble about
> >> but probably accept in a 1.x -> 1.y change. But 1.1.0 -> 1.1.1?
> >>
> >> Anyway, applying the fix is about 5 minutes work for someone who already
> >> has RC3 checked out and building. It's probably about 30-45 mins for me
> >> who doesn't have that done. And the TCK isn't an issue as this is a fix
> >> in the TOMAHAWK bits only.
> >>
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Simon
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> sean
> >>>
> >>> On 10/24/05, Simon Kitching <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>>> Sean Schofield wrote:
> >>>>> IMO that is NOT a blocker for the 1.1.1 release.  There are lots of
> >>>>> little issues with Tomahawk components.  If we waited to get every
> >>>>> last one done we would never release.  The main thing is to get this
> >>>>> out so we can fix the problem with myfaces-all.jar in 1.1.0 (a
> >>>>> legitimate blocker.)
> >>>> This is a change in a "patch release" (1.1.0 -> 1.1.1) which breaks
> >>>> backwards compatibility.
> >>>>
> >>>> Any jakarta commons project would consider this a blocker issue. I (as a
> >>>> commons committer) would certainly veto any commons library release with
> >>>> such a change in it. Any commons component can be upgraded from 1.1.x to
> >>>> 1.1.y with confidence that no valid code will stop working, and I
> >>>> believe that is a reasonable expectation.
> >>>>
> >>>> The change to jscookMenu, however, will break every application out
> >>>> there that uses a custom theme; there was only one way to implement a
> >>>> custom theme up until now (AFAIK) and changes made since 1.1.0 now cause
> >>>> that approach to throw an exception. The patch that was applied to TRUNK
> >>>> ensures that code that used to work will still work.
> >>>>
> >>>> Note that this is not an issue I personally care about; I'm currently on
> >>>> 1.1.0 and am likely to move direct to TRUNK soon as there is some good
> >>>> stuff there which has (correctly) not been put into the 1.1.1 "bugfix"
> >>>> branch.
> >>>>
> >>>> Regards,
> >>>>
> >>>> Simon
> >>>>
> >>
> >
>
>

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