"common-bridge" and supported JSF versions was (Re: [vote] start up the MyFaces Commons project)

[Paul Spencer <pa...@apache.org>]

At the moment I am stuck with JSF 1.1.  This is due in part to the 
version of Java available on some HP-UX servers.  Although I would like 
to move to JSF 1.2, this will not occur in the near future.  If this is 
a common situation, then I suggest JSF 1.1 AND JSF 1.2 should be 
"current" relative to MyFaces projects.  Granted some project will not 
support JSF 1.1, but the ones that do should continue to develop in the 
JSF 1.1 environment.  The use of a "bridge" to simplify development 
efforts for those projects that support 1.1 and 1.2 is a good idea.

Paul Spencer

Matthias Wessendorf wrote:
> On 10/24/07, Mario Ivankovits <ma...@ops.co.at> wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>>> 1) Will their be a JSF version specific version, i.e. commons_1.2 and
>>> commons_2.0?
>> Hmmmm .... I don't think so, at least for the start not. Lets start
>> another module once we cross that bridge.
> 
> I think, this is a valid question.
> The current version of JSF is 1.2.
> The old version is 1.1
> 
> But for some reasons that is the one, that the most people use.
> 
> 
> I think, that such a "common-bridge" should at least support "current"
> development and optionally support the "old" one.
> 
> The bad news is, that almost nobody here uses JSF 1.2 :-)
> So reasonable to understand that this bridge starts with JSF 1.1
> 
> What do others think...
> 
>>> 2) What are some of the module will you be moving into the project(s)?
>> Some stuff from the shared project which is definitely stable like parts
>> of org.apache.myfaces.shared_impl.renderkit.RendererUtils
>> The RequestParameterProvider from tomahawk-sandbox which do not have a
>> single component but is required in Orchestra.
>> (Orchestra currently uses a copy of this framework)
>> The RedirectTracker from tomahawk-sandbox.
>>
>> Thats all whats just popping out of my brain.
>>
>> Well, and in general what Mike outlined:
>>> Ie, if the validator/component/converter/other can be used with any
>>> reasonable[1] combination of
>>> JSF_RI/MyFacesCore/Tomahawk/Tobago/Trinidad/IceFaces/RichFaces/PortletBridge,
>>> then it should be available here.
>> There is room for this project, exact details about what we take over
>> could be discussed then.
>>
>> Ciao,
>> Mario
>>
>>
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