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http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=38198 ------- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2006-01-09 17:23 ------- > RTFM. Especially the section in > http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-5.5-doc/config/context.html > that states: > "The value of this field [path] must not be set..it will be infered > from the filenames used for either the .xml context file or the docBase." I must say that though I have read that documentation several times I haven't actually read that paragraph - probably because the introduction paragraphs do an very good job of describing the path attribute and what it does, and the introduction does not say anything about guessing from the file name. Specifically the introduction says that context path MUST [sic] be used and then goes to great lengths explaining how contexts can be loaded from files, without ever mentioning to auto-guessing mechanism. I would also like to mention again that adhering to the path attribute is how tomcat have worked in all previous versions, its how everyone who upgrades to tomcat 5.5 would probably expect it to work, and it makes sense. > No, your statement is plain wrong. If you want to set the context path to > /some/path", name the XML file containing the Context definition > "some#path.xml". That is contrived. So basically you are saying that I can forget about having logical meaningful names to context files and instead I must use line noise to form complex structures ? That sounds like a regression to me. Might I suggest that for the sake of backward compatibility and for the peace of mind of people who are going to upgrade from 5.0 to 5.5, to support the path attribute if it exists and do the inferring only if it doesn't ? Also it might be a good idea to support a directory structure under cont/<engine name>/<host name>/ instead of coding directory separators into weird characters, chosen no doubt for their incompatibility with paths in URLs and not for readability and ease of use. -- Configure bugmail: http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug, or are watching the assignee. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
