Re: [jakarta.ee-spec.committee] bug fixes in Jakarta EE 8 TCK Servlet te

["Kevin Sutter" <sutter@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I agree with this
approach, Bill.  Thanks!


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From:
       Bill
Shannon <bill.shannon@xxxxxxxxxx>
To:
       Jakarta
specification committee <jakarta.ee-spec.committee@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
David Blevins <dblevins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:
       08/05/2019
02:47 PM
Subject:
       [EXTERNAL]
Re: [jakarta.ee-spec.committee] bug fixes in Jakarta EE 8 TCK Servlet tests
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David Blevins wrote on 8/5/19 12:37
PM:
>> On Aug 5, 2019, at 12:17 PM, Bill Shannon <bill.shannon@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>>
>> I'd like to get some quick feedback on this issue to make sure
we're
>> not doing the wrong thing...
>>
>> A few bug fixes have been applied to the Servlet TCK for Jakarta
EE 8.
>> In my opinion, all the bugs are legitimate bugs in the TCK.
>>
>> Unfortunately, one of the fixes was not quite perfect and caused
problems.
>> Discussion here:
>> https://www.eclipse.org/lists/jakartaee-tck-dev/msg00202.html
>>
>> Based on the principle that the Jakarta EE 8 TCK should be the
same as
>> the Java EE 8 TCK, we're proposing to back out *all* of these
fixes to
>> Servlet tests, both the one that caused problems and the ones
that did
>> not.
>>
>> Does anyone disagree with that approach?
> 
> Agree with the approach given the time constraints.
> 
> Regarding Tomcat's ability to pass the Servlet TCK, would those tests
be excluded?

Tomcat is not being proposed as a Compatible Implementation as part of
the Servlet spec release, so they would need to follow the test challenge
process after the release is final, at which point we would decide whether
to exclude or fix the tests in a Servlet TCK service release.

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