.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-name: Build
-
-on:
-  push:
-    paths:
-      - .github/workflows/build.yml
-      - build.gradle
-      - settings.gradle
-      - src/**
-      - launcher/build.gradle
-      - launcher/src/**
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-jobs:
-  build:
-    runs-on: antville
-
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Compile with Gradle
-        run: ./gradlew :compileJava

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -9,27 +9,16 @@ permissions:
   contents: write
 
 jobs:
-  release:
+  build:
     runs-on: antville
 
     env:
       GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
       LC_TIME: en_US.UTF-8
+      TODAY: $(date +'%d %b %Y')
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-
-      - name: Create release notes
-        id: create_release_notes
-        run: |
-          release_notes=$(npx git-cliff@latest --latest)
-          # Write the release notes as a heredoc to the workflow output
-          # ⚠️ No white space around `<<` is crucial!
-          echo "release_notes<<.eot0x03" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "$release_notes" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo ".eot0x03" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       - name: Build with Gradle
         run: ./gradlew assembleDist
@@ -40,17 +29,17 @@ jobs:
           direction: upload
           url: https://code.host.antville.org
           token: ${{ github.token }}
-          title: Helma ${{ github.ref_name }}
+          title: ${{ env.TODAY }}
           release-dir: build/distributions
-          release-notes: ${{ steps.create_release_notes.outputs.release_notes }}
+          release-notes-assistant: true
           verbose: true
 
       - name: Create release at GitHub
         run: |
           gh release create "$GITHUB_REF_NAME" \
             --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" \
-            --title "Helma ${{ github.ref_name }}" \
-            --notes "${{ steps.create_release_notes.outputs.release_notes }}"
+            --title "${{ env.TODAY }}" \
+            --generate-notes
 
       - name: Upload release assets to GitHub
         run: |

.java-version

@@ -1 +1 @@
-17
+11.0

LICENSE.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # License
 
-Copyright (c) 1999-2025 Helma Project. All rights reserved.
+Copyright (c) 1999-2008 Helma Project. All rights reserved.
 
 Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions

README.md

@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 ## TL;DR
 
-- Make sure you have Java 17 or higher installed
-- Download and unpack the [latest release](https://code.host.antville.org/antville/helma/releases)
+- Make sure you have Java 11 or higher installed
+- Download and unpack the [latest release](https://github.com/antville/helma/releases)
 - Invoke `./bin/helma`, resp. `./bin/helma.bat`, depending on your platform
 - Direct your web browser to <http://localhost:8080>
 

build.gradle

@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ dependencies {
   implementation 'com.sun.mail:javax.mail:1.6.2'
   implementation 'jakarta.servlet:jakarta.servlet-api:5.0.0'
   implementation 'org.ccil.cowan.tagsoup:tagsoup:1.2.1'
-  implementation 'org.eclipse.jetty.ee9:jetty-ee9-servlet:12.0.19'
-  implementation 'org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-xml:12.0.19'
+  implementation 'org.eclipse.jetty.ee9:jetty-ee9-servlet:12.0.9'
+  implementation 'org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-xml:12.0.9'
   implementation 'org.mozilla:rhino-all:1.8.0'
   implementation 'org.sejda.imageio:webp-imageio:0.1.6'
   implementation 'xerces:xercesImpl:2.12.2'

cliff.toml

@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-# git-cliff ~ default configuration file
-# https://git-cliff.org/docs/configuration
-#
-# Lines starting with "#" are comments.
-# Configuration options are organized into tables and keys.
-# See documentation for more information on available options.
-
-[changelog]
-trim = true
-
-header = "## Changes"
-
-body = """
-{% for group, commits in commits | filter(attribute="merge_commit") | group_by(attribute="group") %}
-  ### {{ group | striptags | trim | upper_first }}
-  {% for commit in commits %}
-    * [<tt>{{ commit.id | split(pat="") | slice(end=11) | join() }}</tt>]\
-      (https://code.host.antville.org/antville/helma/commit/{{ commit.id }}) \
-      {% if commit.breaking %}**Breaking:** {% endif %}\
-      {{ commit.message | split(pat="\\n") | first | upper_first | escape }}\
-  {% endfor %}
-{% endfor %}
-
-**Full Changelog:** [{{ previous.version }} → {{ version }}]\
-(https://code.host.antville.org/antville/helma/compare/\
-{{ previous.version | urlencode }}..{{ version | urlencode }})\n\n
-"""
-
-footer = """
-Generated by [git-cliff](https://git-cliff.org/).
-"""
-
-[git]
-conventional_commits = false
-filter_commits = false
-filter_unconventional = false
-protect_breaking_commits = false
-sort_commits = "newest"
-split_commits = false
-topo_order = false
-
-commit_parsers = [
-  { message = "^Apply \\d+ suggestion", skip = true },
-  { message = "^Merge .*(branch|dependabot|dependency|renovate)", skip = true },
-  { message = "^Lock file maintenance", skip = true },
-  { message = "yarn\\.lock", skip = true },
-
-  { message = "^[Ff]ix", group = "<!-- 0 --> 🐛 Bug Fixes" },
-  { field = "author.name", pattern = "[Rr]enovate|[Dd]ependabot", group = "<!-- 3 --> 📦 Dependency Updates" },
-  { message = "^Merge pull request", group = "<!-- 1 --> 🔀 Merges" },
-  { message = ".*", group = "<!-- 2 --> Uncategorized" },
-]

src/dist/extras/deploy.sh

@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-# Use this script as forced command of an authorized SSH key:
-# command="/home/helma/extras/deploy.sh" ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC…
-
-# Define HELMA_HOST and ANTVILLE_HOST in this file
-# shellcheck source=/dev/null
-. "$HOME"/deploy.env
-
-case "$SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND" in
-  ping)
-    echo pong
-    ;;
-
-  deploy-helma)
-    rsync ./ "$HELMA_HOST":./ \
-      --archive --compress --delete --verbose \
-      --filter '+ /bin' \
-      --filter '+ /extras' \
-      --filter '+ /launcher.jar' \
-      --filter '- /lib/ext' \
-      --filter '+ /lib' \
-      --filter '+ /modules' \
-      --filter '- /*'
-    printf 'Restarting Helma on HELMA_host… '
-    ssh "$HELMA_HOST" sudo /bin/systemctl restart helma
-    ;;
-
-  deploy-antville)
-    rsync ./apps/antville/ "$ANTVILLE_HOST":./apps/antville/ \
-      --archive --compress --delete --verbose \
-      --filter '+ /claustra' \
-      --filter '+ /code' \
-      --filter '+ /compat' \
-      --filter '+ /i18n' \
-      --filter '+ /lib' \
-      --filter '- /*'
-    rsync ./apps/antville/static/helma/ "$ANTVILLE_HOST":./apps/antville/static/helma/ \
-      --archive --compress --verbose \
-      --filter '+ /fonts' \
-      --filter '+ /formica.html' \
-      --filter '+ /img' \
-      --filter '+ /scripts' \
-      --filter '+ /styles' \
-      --filter '- /*'
-    printf 'Restarting Helma on ANTVILLE_host… '
-    ssh "$ANTVILLE_HOST" sudo /bin/systemctl restart helma
-    ;;
-
-  restart)
-    printf 'Restarting Helma… '
-    sudo /bin/systemctl restart helma
-    printf '%s\n' 'done.'
-    ;;
-
-  *)
-    # Allow any rsync command but restrict it to the installation directory
-    rrsync -wo /home/helma
-    ;;
-esac

src/main/java/helma/main/ApplicationManager.java

@@ -494,15 +494,15 @@ public class ApplicationManager implements XmlRpcHandler {
 
                         ContextHandler staticContext = new ContextHandler();
                         staticContext.setContextPath(staticMountpoint);
+                        // FIXME: Causing java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Resource String is invalid
+                        //staticContext.setBaseResourceAsString("");
                         staticContext.setHandler(rhandler);
 
                         ApplicationManager.this.context.addHandler(staticContext);
                         staticContext.start();
                     }
 
-                    // I hope I am correct assuming Helma does not need Jetty’s session management, but using
-                    // `ServletContextHandler.SESSIONS` causes an exception: Shared scheduler not started
-                    appContext = new ServletContextHandler(ServletContextHandler.NO_SESSIONS);
+                    appContext = new ServletContextHandler(ServletContextHandler.SESSIONS);
                     appContext.setContextPath(pathPattern);
                     context.addHandler(appContext);
 
@@ -544,7 +544,9 @@ public class ApplicationManager implements XmlRpcHandler {
 
                     // Remap the context paths and start
                     ApplicationManager.this.context.mapContexts();
-                    this.appContext.start();
+                    // FIXME: Causing java.lang.IllegalStateException: Shared scheduler not started
+                    // Is it necessary, anway?
+                    //this.appContext.start();
                 }
 
                 // register as XML-RPC handler
@@ -563,8 +565,8 @@ public class ApplicationManager implements XmlRpcHandler {
                 // unbind from Jetty HTTP server
                 if (ApplicationManager.this.jetty != null) {
                     if (this.appContext != null) {
-                        // Adding appContext to the ContextHandlerCollection works (see above) but removing it causes an exception of
-                        // incompatible types: ServletContextHandler cannot be converted to Handler
+                        // FIXME: Causing incompatible types: ServletContextHandler cannot be converted to Handler
+                        // Is it necessary, anyway?
                         //ApplicationManager.this.context.removeHandler(this.appContext);
                         this.appContext.stop();
                         this.appContext.destroy();

src/main/java/helma/main/Server.java

@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import helma.framework.repository.FileResource;
 import helma.framework.core.*;
 import helma.objectmodel.db.DbSource;
 import helma.util.*;
-
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.apache.xmlrpc.*;
@@ -153,8 +152,8 @@ public class Server implements Runnable {
         String javaVersion = System.getProperty("java.version", "0");
         int majorVersion = Integer.parseInt(javaVersion.split("\\.")[0]);
 
-        if (majorVersion < 17) {
-            System.err.println("This version of Helma requires Java 17 or greater.");
+        if (majorVersion < 11) {
+            System.err.println("This version of Helma requires Java 11 or greater.");
 
             if (majorVersion == 0) { // don't think this will ever happen, but you never know
                 System.err.println("Your Java Runtime did not provide a version number. Please update to a more recent version.");