Well, one person's 4 is another person's 3. We're stuck on 1.3 for the foreseeable future.
So -1 to drop 1.3. David Ezell VeriFone Chair, XML Schema WG > -----Original Message----- > From: Schmidlin, Franck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 5:35 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; j-users@xerces.apache.org > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Dropping JDK 1.2 support for Xerces-J (and > possibly JDK 1.3? 1.4? in the future) > > > a new infusion of activity and interest. > > you betcha, most of us would be up in arms! > > I personally am stuck on 1.4.2 for the foreseeable future. > > So +1 to drop 1.2/3 support, but let's not get too drastic please. > > > ______________________________ > Franck Schmidlin > Corporate Integration Consultant > Northgate Public Services > > Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Nathan Beyer > Sent: 11 November 2008 02:25 > To: j-users@xerces.apache.org > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Dropping JDK 1.2 support for Xerces-J (and > possibly JDK 1.3? 1.4? in the future) > > +1 > > I'd suggest just jumping to Java 5 library, source and target > compilation. I think this would give the project a new > infusion of activity and interest. > > -Nathan > > On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 9:51 PM, Michael Glavassevich > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > (including [EMAIL PROTECTED] on the cc list to > hopefully reach a > > wider > > audience) > > > > I would like to propose that we officially drop support for > JDK 1.2 in > > > the next release of Xerces-J. Though the documentation [1] > states that > > > Xerces supports JDK 1.2 it has been years since we have built or > > tested binaries with this level. All of the recent releases > were built > > > and tested with JDK 1.3. It was brought to my attention > that the code > > [2] since at least 2006 has had a dependency on APIs > introduced in JDK > > > 1.3. So we inadvertently moved on awhile ago. It seems this has not > > been a practical issue for most users since we've received > no posts on > > > these lists about it and received no other bug reports. > It's not clear > > > that there would be much benefit in restoring JDK 1.2 > compatibility at > > > this point. It's been out of service for years and looking around > > Apache it seems most projects run on JDK 1.4 or higher with some of > the stragglers [3][4] below that moving up soon. > > > > If you have serious concerns regarding Xerces abandoning JDK 1.2 > > support please send an email to the [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing > > list, specifying why you can't use a higher level of JDK and what > > parser features you are using. > > > > While on the subject I wonder what the community would think of us > > eventually dropping support for JDK 1.3 and possibly 1.4. > There were > > features introduced in JDK 1.4 and 5 which Xerces could benefit from > (e.g. > > NIO, java.lang.CharSequence, exception chaining, > > java.lang.StringBuilder, java.util.concurrent.*, etc...). > That's not > > something I'm proposing today (or thinking of proposing for awhile) > > but would like to hear feedback from users (please send to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]) who may still need new versions of Xerces > > which run on JDK 1.3 and 1.4. It would also be nice hear from folks > > who've long since moved on to Java 5 and beyond and would > like to see > Xerces take advantage of JDK 1.4 and 5 features. > > > > Thanks. > > > > [1] http://xerces.apache.org/xerces2-j/faq-general.html#faq-11 > > [2] http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/XERCESJ-1297 > > [3] http://marc.info/?l=ant-dev&m=122596549809889&w=2 > > [4] http://marc.info/?l=fop-user&m=119244442600564&w=2 > > > > Michael Glavassevich > > XML Parser Development > > IBM Toronto Lab > > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Scanned for viruses by BlackSpider MailControl > > > This email is sent on behalf of Northgate Information > Solutions Limited and its associated companies ("Northgate") > and is strictly confidential and intended solely for the > addressee(s). > > If you are not the intended recipient of this email you > must: (i) not disclose, copy or distribute its contents to > any other person nor use its contents in any way or you may > be acting unlawfully; (ii) contact Northgate immediately on > +44 (0)1442 232424 quoting the name of the sender and the > addressee then delete it from your system. > > Northgate has taken reasonable precautions to ensure that no > viruses are contained in this email, but does not accept any > responsibility once this email has been transmitted. 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