Using c:param doesn't work in portlets

For some reason I cannot get a
<jsp:include page="include/mypage.jsp">
  <jsp:param name="jeffstest" value="26"/>
</jsp:include>
or
<c:import url="include/mypage.jsp">
  <c:param name="jeffstest" value="26"/>
</c:import>
to work inside of a portlet. The page includes okay, but the param is not passed to the request parameters successfully. The odd thing is that the param does get into the querystring!

So for now, my workaround is to do:
<c:set var="jeffstest" value="26" scope="request"/>
<c:import url="include/mypage.jsp"/>

I'd rather use the c:param tag, but for whatever reason it has problems inside a portlet. I'm using Jetspeed 1.6 Fusion (JSR-168 enabled), in case anyone is wondering.

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Here's a list of other Windows 2K/XP Command Console Shortcuts

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I hope they turn this on in the main site soon! I'll be linking to this until they do...

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Jetspeed 2.0 M1 released!

Wow, this is a long time coming. Congrats to the Apache Portals team!
Apache News Blog Online: 05 December 2004 - Apache Portals Jetspeed 2.0 Milestone release 1 Now Available

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