On 28.10.2009, at 20:48, Hong Zhang wrote:
> Hi, Adam
>
>> there is v2 compatibility mode. Really useful for migration. See: https://glassfish.dev.java.net/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=10479
>>
>> However, you have to set it over and over again. There is no way to
>> set it globally. So I opened an RFE: https://glassfish.dev.java.net/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=10496
>>
>> Otherwise you couldn't deploy v2 app into v3 with e.g. hudson...
>>
> Just want to clarify, it's not just any v2 app, but v2 app which is
> packaged in an incompatible way by the spec. :-)
You are absolutely right. I really like the spec :-) but my customers
don't care. You get the answer: it worked on GF v2 without problems
and on GF v3 it fails.
> The very reason we did this clean up in v3 is we want to encourage
> the compatible packaging by the spec.
>
> BTW: this flag is set for v2 applications which went through the v2-
> >v3 upgrade process.
>
> Let me talk to Jerome about the plan on this for this release.
>
> (I will close issue 10479 as the flag did work and take the
> ownership for 10496 to figure out a plan for this).
My summary is: it is not very customer-friendly. An annoyed customer
could even move somewhere else...
thanks for your great work and fast response!,
adam
>
> Thanks,
>
> - Hong
>
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