Shane Curcuru <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 11/11/2008 08:08:50 AM: > +1 to dropping 1.2 support. > > 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.
There's already an FAQ [1] and release notes [2] which say where we moved from JDK 1.1 to 1.2. We'll just add to it. > 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. If someone wants to pick up an old version they will always be in the archives [3]. > Thanks for bringing the item up! > > - Shane Thanks. [1] http://xerces.apache.org/xerces2-j/faq-general.html#faq-11 [2] http://xerces.apache.org/xerces2-j/releases.html [3] http://archive.apache.org/dist/xml/xerces-j/ Michael Glavassevich XML Parser Development IBM Toronto Lab E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
