I think some of the default values in default-web.xml should be dependent on the domain profile in use. For example, I would assume that directory listings should be enabled by default in a developer environment, but should be disabled by default in a production environment. Other examples include the init parameters of the JspServlet (which is also defined in default-web.xml): In a development environment, you want the JSP compiler to check the timestamps of a JSP page and its corresponding servlet class file each time the JSP page is accessed, and recompile the JSP page if necessary, whereas in a production environment, you want to avoid this overhead, since the JSP pages are not expected to change.
Jan
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