----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean-Francois Arcand" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tomcat Developers List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 6:39 AM Subject: Re: [5.0] [VOTE] Removal of the LE distribution
> > > Bill Barker wrote: > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Remy Maucherat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "Tomcat Developers List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 7:50 PM > >Subject: Re: [5.0] [VOTE] Removal of the LE distribution > > > > > > > > > >>Costin Manolache wrote: > >> > >> > >>>Remy Maucherat wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>Hi all, > >>>> > >>>>Before starting to release 5.0.x milestones, I would like to propose > >>>>having only one distribution for Tomcat 5.0.x, and standardize on what > >>>>the LE distribution contains (so well, it's more the other distribution > >>>>which gets removed). > >>>> > >>>>It has some advantages: > >>>>- it is slightly smaller (less these days now that the XML parser has to > >>>>be shipped again with Tomcat) > >>>>- runs as-is on JDK 1.3 (because of the Xerces inclusion) > >>>>- 99% Apache or Apache-style licence (the JDBC 2 standard extension is > >>>>needed for JDK 1.3 DataSource support :-() > >>>>- less user confusion > >>>> > >>>>The main "problem" is that the user will need additional downloads for > >>>>some of the more advanced features, and the package will also not run on > >>>>JDK 1.2 as is (but from what I've seen, JDK 1.2 compatibility may not be > >>>>a priority for developers). > >>>> > >>>><ballot> > >>>>+1 [X] Yes, remove the LE distribution > >>>>-1 [ ] No, keep both distributions > >>>></ballot> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>What would it take to be 100% Apache-style licence ? Can we do some > >>>introspection tricks or conditional compilation to solve this ? > >>> > >>> > >>I can remove the JDBC SE JAR, but then the JDBC connection pooling > >>features won't work right out of the box on JDK 1.3 (assuming it is > >>possible to run JDK 1.3 with TC 5). > >> > >>A great blinking warning should be added to the download page and the > >>release notes if we do that. > >> > >>If somehow the Catalina (with JSP 2 support) adapter requires JDK 1.4, > >>then JDBC SE can be removed. > >> > >> > > > >Well, it seems that this has already been done without a [VOTE]. After a > >long time away from 5.0, I attempted to build it, only to discover that it > >can't be built any more. As a result, I'm now (belatedly) posting my -1 to > >R1.2 of o.a.c.core.StandardWrapper.java. and R1.1 of o.a.c.u.SecurityUtil. > >Please change to a version that compiles under 1.2 at least until there is a > >[VOTE] to change the target version. AFAIK, the target version is still the > >same as 4.x (e.g. 1.2). > > > I'm confuse. The Tomcat 4.0-4.1 documentatopm requires JDK 1.3 for > compilling the source code: > > " This subproject contains the source code Tomcat 4.0, a server that implements > the Servlet 2.3 and JSP 1.2 Specifications from Java Software. In order to > build a binary distribution version of the container from a source > distribution, you must have a Java Development Kit (JDK) for version 1.3 (or > later) downloaded and installed (version 1.3.1 recommended), and do the > following:" > > Tomcat should run on 1.2, but should it compile? Sorry, I missed that one. -1 withdrawn. > > -- Jeanfrancois > > > > > > > > > > > >>Remy > >> > >> > >>-- > >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: > >> > >> > ><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > >>For additional commands, e-mail: > >> > >> > ><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > >-- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
