Worth nothing that although Java 1.4 may have passed Sun's EOL date there are other JDK vendors who may have end of service dates that are still in the future. So it may be that a user who is still stuck on that JDK level is still getting support and bug fixes that they wouldn't be getting anymore for the Sun version. I wouldn't assume that the eventual releases out of Apache Harmony would bind themselves to Sun's dates either (for when they'd stop maintenance).
Thanks. Michael Glavassevich XML Parser Development IBM Toronto Lab E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jeremias Maerki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 11/11/2008 08:59:38 AM: > On 11.11.2008 14:52:52 sebb wrote: > > On 11/11/2008, Shane Curcuru <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > +1 to dropping 1.2 support. > > > > +1 to dropping 1.2 > > > > +0 to dropping 1.3 > > > > I think 1.4 support should be kept if possible for a while yet. > > Agreed. Xerces is such a basic library and so many companies are still > stuck with Java 1.4 even though it's past EOL. > > > > Please - be sure that the main website clearly lists the last release we > > > think that Xerces worked on JDK version x.y. Xerces is ubiquitous, and is > > > used directly or within other products virtually everywhere. > While we don't > > > need to spend developer time worrying about ancient JDK > versions, we should > > > make it clear where people who have to stay on legacy systems can get an > > > appropriate release. > > > > +1 > > > > > I'd love it if we ensured that we feature a prominent link and host the > > > download for the zip/targz plus it's key file for "the last known good > > > Xerces with JDK x.y" as we drop support for earlier releases. > > > > > > > +1 > > > > > Thanks for bringing the item up! > > > > > > - Shane > > Jeremias Maerki > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
