+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 general@xml.apache.org 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]
