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Re: [arch] Stricter library reqts in EE 6 vs GlassFish v2 behavior

From: Kenneth Saks <Kenneth.Saks_at_Sun.COM>
Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2009 06:06:07 -0400

On Mar 31, 2009, at 11:20 PM, Jerome Dochez wrote:

>
>>
>> I just learned that a conscious decision was made that the server-
>> side would not conform to this provision of the spec but would let
>> modules see top-level JARs as in the past.
> I am not aware of that decision, did I make it ? (I have been known
> to not remember past mistakes)

Yes, we discussed it with Hong about a month ago. The decision was to
preserve the V2 behavior of making any .jars at the .ear level visible
as library .jars. We only talked about the server-side case though,
not app clients.