Re: Packaging questions for css-validator (& webapp/war), servlet-api 2.2...

[Emmanuel Bourg <ebourg@apache.org>]

On 16/06/2025 20:32, Fab Stz wrote:

> > You most certainly don't need the Servlet API 2.2, the package should
> > build against libservlet-api-java (Servlet API 4.0) with minor
> > adjustments (if any).
>
> Actually I did that initially and even tried to "fix it" but that went much
> above my skills and interest. Enough to prefer engaging in making the package
> for api 2.2 and searching its source code (which was not an easy part).
> Actually many functions of servlet >= 2.3 are not implemented in jigsaw. Build
> fails with any servlet-api version >= 2.3. Would anyone try to fix/patch it?
> The package on my salsa repo would be a good starting point since it builds
> fine with the  bin:libjakarta-servletapi-2.2-java package installed, otherwise
> sources (without the debian part) can taken from:
> https://github.com/tenzap/jigsaw (branch with-jdk21).

I just realized that Jigsaw is actually a web server, so that's not 
surprising if it doesn't build with the Servlet API 4.0.

But this raises another question: why a 20 year old unmaintained web 
server is necessary? Is it possible to do without it?


> > > How would you ship the **war** or **webapp**?
> >
> > If vnu doesn't require the webapp, do not package it. Let's keep things
> > simple (and fun).
>
> Now that it's done, can I leave it that way instead of just throwing all the
> work away?
> It can actually have some interest to deploy the war/webapp on the server
> (jetty/tomcat) that's why I packaged it.

It's also about avoiding extra work in the future for maintaining a 
package that may not be used.

Emmanuel Bourg