[ grinder-Bugs-3324088 ] Grinder 3.4 doesn't build with Jython 2.5

Bugs item #3324088, was opened at 2011-06-21 18:37
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Category: Core engine
Group: None
>Status: Open
Resolution: Wont Fix
Priority: 3
Private: No
Submitted By: Alexis Bezverkhyy (grapsus)
Assigned to: Philip Aston (philipa)
Summary: Grinder 3.4 doesn't build with Jython 2.5

Initial Comment:
It is impossible to build Grinder 3.4 with Jython 2.5. When I replace Jython 2.5 with the jar from Jython 2.1 everything goes fine.
I'm trying to package the Grinder for Debian and this issue makes the build too complicated. Please correct it.

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>Comment By: Alexis Bezverkhyy (grapsus)
Date: 2011-08-05 17:43

Message:
Good, in fact I will be able to produce a Debian policy compliant package
as soon as the SVN trunk drops this Jython dependency. I think the proper
packaging is really important, having a zip with a bunch of jar files is
good for your desktop computer, but you can't always do that in production
environment and many people just won't use your software if they can't
easily make a clean system-wide installation.

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Comment By: Philip Aston (philipa)
Date: 2011-08-05 17:33

Message:
Thanks for your understanding, and for making me aware of this issue. 

To be clear, I hope to release 3.5 sometime this month, and it will still
rely on Jython 2.2.1.  I expect to remove the Jython dependency in 3.6 or
3.7, but that won't be until next year.

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Comment By: Alexis Bezverkhyy (grapsus)
Date: 2011-08-05 16:47

Message:
For things like Python interpreters you can usually have several versions
installed (like python2.6 and python2.7 packages at the same time). But
Jython 2.2.1 is just too old and they removed it from the archive. Building
it along with the Grinder won't be accepted and shipping a .jar in a source
won't be allowed either.

I understand your current dependency on Jython 2.2.1. I think the best way
to deal with the problem is to host the current package (built with Jython
2.2.1 jar) on my own non official repository and wait for the next version
which won't be dependent on it anymore.

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Comment By: Philip Aston (philipa)
Date: 2011-08-05 08:27

Message:
Jython 2.2.1 is the default Jython version used by the current version of
The Grinder. The proposed compilation option would result in a non-standard
build of The Grinder which would not match the documentation, and require
more support.

The Jython 2.2.1 dependency will be removed in a future version of The
Grinder. Recently, I've managed to fix all the known issues with the new
instrumentation engine (referred to below), but it needs wider testing
before I make it the default.

I'm not familiar with the hoops that Debian requires you to jump through.
Does it support multiple installations of different versions of Jython? If
not, then you'll have to keep a private version of Jython 2.2.1 in your
package. Why not take the Jython 2.2.1 sources, and build upon that - i.e.
create a package that builds both Jython and The Grinder from source?

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Comment By: Alexis Bezverkhyy (grapsus)
Date: 2011-07-13 16:00

Message:
That's exacly what I'm doing, but it's a very dirty hack and no open source
distribution will accept such a package in its official repo.
You should at least provide a compilation option so that the old API could
be disabled and Grinder built without it. That would permit me to propose
my Debian package for its integration to the main Debian archive.

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Comment By: Philip Aston (philipa)
Date: 2011-07-13 12:21

Message:
Currently The Grinder uses Jython 2.2.1, and depends on it by default. It
relies on Jython internal APIs that were changed in an incompatible way in
2.5. There is a work in progress to introduce a more capable
instrumentation engine that has no direct dependence on Jython, however
this is not yet the default engine and has known issues (2958145, 2992248,
3287570).

As a work around, you might obtain a copy of the Jython 2.2.1 jar file and
drop it into the lib directory. This will allow the build to complete.

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