Bug 1357654

Summary:	EWS 2.1.1 DR4: JWS 3 Tomcat 7 works with JDK 8, EWS 2.1.1 Tomcat 7 doesn't [Eclipse JDT][ECJ]
Product:	[JBoss] JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2	Reporter:	Michal Karm Babacek <mbabacek>
Component:	tomcat7	Assignee:	Coty Sutherland <csutherl>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	Michal Karm Babacek <mbabacek>
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Version:	2.1.1	CC:	jdoyle, pslavice, rmaucher, rsvoboda
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Description Michal Karm Babacek 2016-07-18 18:54:32 UTC

JWS 3 Tomcat 7 does work with JDK8, EWS 2.1.1 Tomcat 7 contains the older ECJ, so it doesn't compile _any_ JSPs on JDK 8.

Note: JDK 8 _is not_ a supported platform for EWS 2: https://access.redhat.com/articles/258223

Question: Is it O.K. to have this old ECJ in EWS 2.1.1 then?

If you find it cool and expected, feel free to close the bugzilla.

Comment 1 Coty Sutherland 2016-07-19 11:59:25 UTC

> Question: Is it O.K. to have this old ECJ in EWS 2.1.1 then?

While I don't really want to say it's OK, I think that it has to be unless you consider it a blocker for the release so that we can get EWS 2.1.1 out the door. I say that because the problem didn't just come up overnight; java8 has only been partially supported by ECJ since EWS 2.x was released and has also affected rhel-6 tomcat6 forever (see https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1223609). Users can precompile their JSPs to workaround the issue and while that is a pain, JSP compilation is the only thing that doesn't work as far as I know with java8. Another thing though is that the latest release of java8 on RHEL completely breaks this; some previous versions worked, but with the 101+ build (iirc) it doesn't work at all. Maybe a java8 downgrade could also temporarily work around the issue until they're able to upgrade to JWS 3? I don't want to be the end-all say on this, but it's a -1 vote from me.

Comment 3 Michal Karm Babacek 2016-07-19 12:59:21 UTC

Coty, Remy, thanks for the feedback.
Based on what you said, I'm giving nack (-) to my own bug report with the conclusion that any JDK8 related issue is out of EWS 2 scope and requires upgrading to JWS 3 Tomcat 7 or 8.

If anyone feels differently, please, comment or reopen.

-K-