Re: 6.1.7 release to struts v6

[Greg Huber <gr...@gmail.com>]

Remembered that I helped update bootstrap 4 to work on struts 6 (for 
roller!), so there is an option to go to v6.

Commits around Oct 26, 2023 so might need some tweaking for latest.

On 27/09/2026 08:45, Greg Huber wrote:
>
> Probably better to draw a line on javax now and go with Matts jakarta prs.
>
> Struts v6 is now on maintenance and the dev has moved to v7 (jakarta).
>
> I tested it and looked pretty good.
>
> Its only the roller ui bootstrap css stuff that would be a blocker, 
> but I looks like Matt has done that conversion:
>
> <struts.version>7.1.1</struts.version>
> <struts-bootstrap.version>6.1.0</struts-bootstrap.version>
>
> On 26/09/2026 21:29, Dave wrote:
>> Greg, I'd be happy to spin a 6.1.7 release to fix that (and other issues
>> people hit with 6.1.6).
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 25, 2026 at 3:01 AM Greg Huber<gr...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> +1.  Although struts 2.5.29 is no longer supported (April 2024).
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> On 24/09/2026 12:51, Dave wrote:
>>>> Thanks for the vote and the feedback, Michael.
>>>>
>>>> +1
>>>>
>>>> We just need one more to get this out.
>>>>
>>>> Dave
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Sep 17, 2026 at 8:24 PM Michael Bien<mb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> +1
>>>>>
>>>>> sigs ok, content ok, smoketest worked.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> notes for next release:
>>>>>
>>>>> the one-time key could be also printed directly to System.out so that it
>>>>> lands in the console logger and could be easily read from container logs
>>>>> and/or console while testing.
>>>>>
>>>>> notice file would need a date bump at some point ;)
>>>>>
>>>>> -mbien
>>>>>
>>>>> On 9/18/26 01:28, Dave wrote:
>>>>>> Right o, here we go...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Please review and vote on Apache Roller 6.1.6, candidate RC4.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Source and convenience binary artifacts:
>>>>>> https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/roller/roller-6.1/v6.1.6
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Source tag: roller-6.1.6-rc4
>>>>>> https://github.com/apache/roller/tree/roller-6.1.6-rc4
>>>>>>
>>>>>> commit 47c5cf0bbfa00fe199bc743a7fb88df8e6b21d32
>>>>>> KEYS:https://downloads.apache.org/roller/KEYS
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Signing fingerprint: 3687 8574 1958 DE96 98FF DF4E 8FEC 6F9C BA59 703C
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Release notes:
>>>>>> https://github.com/apache/roller/blob/roller-6.1.6-rc4/CHANGES.md
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Changes since RC3:
>>>>>> - Secure initial Roller setup with a one-time operator token (#189)
>>>>>> - Normalize links in HTML subset formatting (#190)
>>>>>> - Format LDAP comment form values consistently (#191)
>>>>>> - Override bootstrap .table-striped row shading (#188)
>>>>>> - Add roller-release and roller-security AI skills (#186)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Reviewers may want to exercise the new initial-setup flow in
>>> particular:
>>>>>> a first install now requires a one-time token printed to the server
>>> log,
>>>>>> as does an upgrade that migrates the database schema.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The vote will remain open until at least 2026-09-20 20:00 EDT,
>>>>>> allowing at least 72 hours for review under the normal process.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [ ] +1 Release this candidate
>>>>>> [ ] +0 No opinion
>>>>>> [ ] -1 Do not release, because [reason]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dave Johnson