On Thu, 2025-07-24 at 06:53 -0400, Gary Gregory wrote: > On Thu, Jul 24, 2025, 06:33 Oleg Kalnichevski <ol...@apache.org> > wrote: > > > On Wed, 2025-07-23 at 10:22 -0700, Ryan Schmitt wrote: > > > I saw that this was just announced: > > > > > > > > https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/developer/preview-release-of-theaws-sdk-java-2-x-http-client-built-on-apache-httpclient-5-5-x/ > > > > > > Currently, both versions of the AWS Java SDK still default to > > > HttpClient 4.x, except for async clients in V2 which default to > > > Netty. > > > It looks like the improved support for virtual threads in 5.x is > > > the > > > main reason they're finally offering an upgraded Apache client. > > > > > > > Is this a good thing for us? I am not sure. Ultimately, this looks > > like > > a painful reminder that sooner or later we, as a project, will get > > crushed between JRE HTTP client and Netty. We might still have a > > few > > years of good time ahead of us, though. > > > > I think it all depends on how good the JRE HTTP client is and what > features > it carries. > > The JRE's logging package is much worse than full featured logging > API and > libraries like Log4j. >
I agree JRE logging is a complete disgrace. JRE HTTP client is not. It is decent at the very least and is our greatest competition. Oleg --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@hc.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@hc.apache.org
