A little remark ad "compatibility" of BSF3 ... (Re: svn commit: r757581 - in /jakarta/bsf/trunk/bsf3: ./ testing/jruby-1.1.2/ testing/jruby-1.1.2/src/test/java/org/apache/bsf/testing/javascript/ testing/jruby-1.2.0/ testing/jruby-1.2.0/src/test/java/org/apache/bsf/testing/javascript/

["Rony G. Flatscher" <Ro...@wu-wien.ac.at>]

Hi there,

> Modified: jakarta/bsf/trunk/bsf3/RELEASE_NOTES
> URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/jakarta/bsf/trunk/bsf3/RELEASE_NOTES?rev=757581&r1=757580&r2=757581&view=diff
> ==============================================================================
> --- jakarta/bsf/trunk/bsf3/RELEASE_NOTES (original)
> +++ jakarta/bsf/trunk/bsf3/RELEASE_NOTES Mon Mar 23 22:59:29 2009
> @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
> -Apache BSF 3 Beta3 Release Notes
> ---------------------------------
> -
> -Apache BSF 3 is an implementation of JSR-223, the Scripting for the Java Platform APIs.
> -Note that this software hasn't been tested with the JSR 223 TCK, and therefore is not a 
> -compatible implementation of JSR-223.
> -
> -This 3.0-beta3 release is a maintenance release update to support for the latest releases
> -of various script language engines.
> +Apache BSF 3 Beta3 Release Notes
> +--------------------------------
> +
> +Apache BSF 3 is an implementation of JSR-223, the Scripting for the Java Platform APIs.
> +Note that this software hasn't been tested with the JSR 223 TCK, and therefore is not a 
> +compatible implementation of JSR-223.
> +
> +This 3.0-beta3 release is a maintenance release update to support for the latest releases
> +of various script language engines.
>
> Propchange: jakarta/bsf/trunk/bsf3/RELEASE_NOTES
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>     svn:eol-style = native
>   
Although we have no TCK of JSR-223 (package javax.script) to run BSF3
against, we still are compatible to the specification! As such any
JSR-223 scripting language and scripts should be able to run against
BSF3. One important point about BSF3 is the possibility it opens to let
Java 1.4 and 5 use JSR-223 scripting.

Now, not being a native English speaker I cannot really come up with a
text that expresses this (we implement the documented "javax.script"
package and as such it is compatible with the specifications, but the
concrete implementation of Java 6 of java.scriptx may differ in
behaviour slightly, which only could be tested if having the TCK for
JSR-223 available to us, which it is not).

Maybe you could come up with some sentence that could make that clear,
as otherwise I fear that interested potential users are shied away,
expecting BSF3 not to be compatible with JSR-223?

Regards,

---rony


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