Grouper Users - Open Discussion List

["Gettes, Michael" <>]

I don’t consider myself enough of an expert to figure this all out - hoping 
others may know more - even internet2 staff as we now have some talented 
people there - could figure it all out.  Sounds like the reasoning of 
consistency is a good argument.

/mrg

> On Jun 15, 2017, at 10:14 AM, Hyzer, Chris 
> <>
>  wrote:
> 
> We have non trivial investment in tomcat in terms of installer integration, 
> number of institutions running it, working out the kinks over the years.
> 
> I would prefer to focus on new features rather than shift around the 
> libraries unless there are significant gains.
> 
> However, Shib has interest in moving to Jetty, and TIER does like to be 
> consistent.
> 
> I think the startup time is based on hibernate being slow and other Grouper 
> startup checks, not based on the servlet container.  We can think about 
> startup time in general (we mentioned it earlier today on the developer 
> list :) )  But if someone wants to -  correct me please do :)
> 
> That being said, I wonder who uses Grouper with Jetty.  Maybe it will work 
> for you and you wont need our support :)  Add your experience to your 
> contrib page :)
> 
> Thanks
> Chris
> 
> 
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> Subject: [grouper-users] Tomcat?
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Are there any formal plans for moving Grouper away from Tomcat in terms of 
> formal support?  Jetty is faster and simpler - my opinion, of course and I 
> am always right!  (Humor folks, humor).  Yeah, I know, Tomcat is fine, no 
> need to change.  Maybe compare startup times?  This will be my one and only 
> request for this consideration.
> 
> Just curious….
> 
> C ya, bye.
> 
> /mrg
>