Shibboleth Developers

[Walter Hoehn <>]

On Jun 1, 2005, at 7:21 AM, Tom Scavo wrote:

> On 5/31/05, Walter Hoehn 
> <>
>  wrote:
>
> > The 1.3 IdP and SP will not be released on the same schedule
> > and we want to retain the flexibility to cut a point release for one
> > without rev'ing the other.
>
> Sure, I understand what you want to do.  If you modify something in
> the idp package, for instance, you release a new version of the IdP.
> The problem is the shared code (common, log, metadata, xml).  If you
> modify any of this core code, you modify both components by
> definition.  Doesn't matter if they live in the same webapp context or
> not.

Right.  That's only a subset of the code, though.

> > This is the main motivation behind
> > separate packages, even though they will contain mostly the same  
> > stuff.
>
> Seems like mainly a cosmetic distinction.  Since they share code, they
> are dependent upon one another despite the apparent separation into
> two distinct webapp contexts.

I guess that depends on your vantage point.

> I really don't see how this is going to work without some additional
> structure.  From my vantage point (as a developer working off CVS
> HEAD), investing additional time in the Java SP is a somewhat risky
> proposition.

Could you elaborate on the risk?

-Walter