I don't have any time for dev work on Velocity these days, so it doesn't much matter whether i consider it or not. :) If someone wants to put in the work, i won't protest. My inclination, ineffectual though it may be, is to point out that it was removed 2 versions ago, in 2.0. Adding it back in as a BC option in 2.2 seems more than a little belated... :)
I do agree, the 1.7-2.0 upgrade docs probably should have said that those deprecated features were actually removed. That was an oversight on our part. On Wed, Jan 15, 2020 at 1:04 AM Thomas Mortagne <thomas.morta...@xwiki.com> wrote: > OK should probably be documented in the 1.7->2.0 upgrade then because > it was not very obvious before that it was deprecated since it was the > default behavior not something you could disable. > > So next question I guess is would you consider having it disabled by > default and be able to enable with a configuration like it was done > for other things in 2.1/2.2 ? I have to try :) > > On Tue, Jan 14, 2020 at 7:24 PM Nathan Bubna <nbu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > This is a planned change. Implicit local scope was deprecated in 1.7 for > > removal in 2.0 and was replaced with explicit scope control objects. > > > https://velocity.apache.org/engine/devel/upgrading.html#upgrading-from-velocity-16x-to-velocity-17x > > > > On Tue, Jan 14, 2020 at 9:29 AM Thomas Mortagne < > thomas.morta...@xwiki.com> > > wrote: > > > > > Took me a while to understand it but I actually found a new difference > > > in the way Velocity deal with variables set inside a macro. > > > > > > In 1.7 by default (i.e. without "velocimacro.context.localscope") > > > variables set in a macro end up in both the global context and a local > > > one and when accessing this variable later in the macro the local > > > value is used retrieved (all this happen in ProxyVMContext). > > > > > > This means that if the macro also calls some method that update the > > > global VelocityContext it won't have any effect on the following macro > > > code because that change will be hidden by the local context. While I > > > did not debugged on Velocity 2.2-SNAPSHOT , the result I get suggest > > > that there is no local context in macros anymore or at least it's not > > > used the same way in this use case. > > > > > > The use case in which I noticed this behavior change it is a macro > > > which initialization some variable, calls an API which execute another > > > Velocity template (a kind of include in other words) and then use the > > > previously set variable. What happen after upgrade is that the > > > variable is "broken" by the other template (because the template use a > > > variable with the same name for totally unrelated reasons). > > > > > > It does not affect XWiki Standard much (that's why I only found it > > > now) and I'm not sure if it used to work only by luck or if whoever > > > wrote that use case really was counting on macro variables to be > > > "protected" but it might have a huge effect on some extensions. > > > > > > How do you feel about this change and do you want me to create a jira > > > issue about this behavior change ? > > > > > > On Thu, Jan 9, 2020 at 2:50 PM Thomas Mortagne > > > <thomas.morta...@xwiki.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > False alarm actually I think, sorry for the noise. > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jan 9, 2020 at 2:21 PM Thomas Mortagne > > > > <thomas.morta...@xwiki.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Unfortunately it seems the fix is not complete (commented on the > Jira > > > issue). > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 7, 2020 at 3:55 PM Thomas Mortagne > > > > > <thomas.morta...@xwiki.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > So that one was on me after all. > > > > > > > > > > > > XWiki is a big beast and I might have missed some edge case but > let's > > > > > > say +1 for a RC. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 7, 2020 at 11:23 AM Thomas Mortagne > > > > > > <thomas.morta...@xwiki.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > There is one more thing that I want to debug today (hopefully > > > answer > > > > > > > before 6pm GMT+1) to check if it's a side effect of this bug, > > > another > > > > > > > regression or a mistake I made when I upgraded since a lot of > APIs > > > > > > > changed (it's not an obvious error, just a slight difference > in the > > > > > > > result but there are quite a few layers of abstractions to > debug > > > > > > > between the result and the Velocity engine). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 7, 2020 at 10:56 AM Claude Brisson > > > > > > > <cla...@renegat.net.invalid> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Fixed. Thanks for the report. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thomas, do you think you may have any other subtle xwiki bug > to > > > report > > > > > > > > before I push out the next RC? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 20-01-03 12 h 31, Thomas Mortagne wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi sorry me again, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I just hit > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VELOCITY-924. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jan 1, 2020 at 11:12 PM Claude Brisson > > > > > > > > > <cla...@renegat.net.invalid> wrote: > > > > > > > > >> The test build of Velocity Engine 2.2 RC4 is available. > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> No determination as to the quality ('alpha,' 'beta,' or > 'GA') > > > of > > > > > > > > >> Velocity Engine 2.1 RC3 has been made, and at this time > it is > > > simply a > > > > > > > > >> "test build". We welcome any comments you may have, and > will > > > take all > > > > > > > > >> feedback into account if a quality vote is called for this > > > build. > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> Release notes: > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> * > > > > > > > > >> > > > > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/velocity/velocity-engine/2.2/release-notes.html > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> Distribution: > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> * > > > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/velocity/velocity-engine/2.2/ > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> Maven 2 staging repository: > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> * > > > > > > > > >> > > > > https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachevelocity-1032/ > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> Documentation: > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> * https://velocity.apache.org/engine/2.2/ > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> Sources: > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> * > > > https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/velocity/engine/tags/2.2/ > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> Release Candidates History: > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> * RC1 Initial RC > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> * RC2 > > > > > > > > >> - added BigInteger and BigDecimal implicit conversions > > > > > > > > >> - [VELOCITY-923] fixed a parser regression for `$foo||` > > > > > > > > >> - [VELOCITY-904] fixed two corner case bugs for the > > > > > > > > >> velocimacro.arguments.preserve_literals backward > > > compatibility flag > > > > > > > > >> - fixed engine and dependency versions in README and > > > mention the > > > > > > > > >> parser customization feature in the *building* section > > > > > > > > >> - nicified README links > > > > > > > > >> - upgraded surfire plugin version from 2.19.1 to 2.22.1 > > > > > > > > >> - upgraded maven-jar-plugin from 3.1.1 to 3.2.2 > > > > > > > > >> - added version 1.2 for extra-enforcer-rules > > > > > > > > >> - upgraded maven-javadoc-plugin from 3.1.0 to 3.1.1 > > > > > > > > >> - upgraded findbugs-maven-plugin from 3.0.4 to 3.0.5 > > > > > > > > >> - upgraded maven-release-plugin from *unspecified* to > > > 3.0.0-M1 > > > > > > > > >> - added a new templatized static class > > > > > > > > >> org.apache.velocity.runtime.VelocityEngineVersion.java > > > > > > > > >> - use the File Separator control character to mark the > end > > > of stream > > > > > > > > >> for the parser (instead of the zero-width space char) > > > > > > > > >> - reviewed packaging of engine examples (refreshed > > > content, plus made > > > > > > > > >> them as a standalone zip file with readme, shell scripts, > > > dependencies > > > > > > > > >> and examples sources rather than a meaningless standalone > pom > > > next to a > > > > > > > > >> jar without explanations...) > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> * RC3 > > > > > > > > >> - [VELOCITY-904] fixed yet another corner case bugs > for the > > > > > > > > >> velocimacro.arguments.preserve_literals backward > > > compatibility flag > > > > > > > > >> - upgraded SLF4J from 1..7.28 to 1.7.30 > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> * RC4 > > > > > > > > >> - [VELOCITY-904] fixed a regression introduced in RC3 > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> -- > > > > > > > > >> Claude > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: > dev-unsubscr...@velocity.apache.org > > > > > > > > >> For additional commands, e-mail: > dev-h...@velocity.apache.org > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@velocity.apache.org > > > > > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: > dev-h...@velocity.apache.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > Thomas Mortagne > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Thomas Mortagne > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Thomas Mortagne > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Thomas Mortagne > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Thomas Mortagne > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@velocity.apache.org > > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@velocity.apache.org > > > > > > > > > > -- > Thomas Mortagne > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@velocity.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@velocity.apache.org > >