Re: version numbers in jars

2002-02-25 Thread Aleksander Slominski
. Never looked back, had a continual nightmare with fixed classpaths. -Original Message- From: Glen Daniels [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 5:03 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: version numbers in jars Alas, this doesn't work in Windows

RE: version numbers in jars

2002-02-21 Thread GOMEZ Henri
The following is from http://www.ibiblio.org/java/#recent I have a request to make of the log4j team, as well as all the other Java programmers at the Apache Project, IBM alphaWorks, Sun, and everyone else who distributes JAR archives. Could you please attach a version number to all your JARs?

RE: version numbers in jars

2002-02-21 Thread Glen Daniels
: Thursday, February 21, 2002 4:12 AM To: Jakarta General List Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: version numbers in jars The following is from http://www.ibiblio.org/java/#recent I have a request to make of the log4j team, as well as all the other Java programmers at the Apache Project

RE: version numbers in jars

2002-02-21 Thread Elliotte Rusty Harold
At 8:27 AM -0500 2/21/02, Glen Daniels wrote: Axis contains an org.apache.axis.Version class, which has a getVersionString() method and a main() which prints the version info to System.out. The version string comes from a resource file, and is automatically updated by our ant build each time

RE: version numbers in jars

2002-02-21 Thread Glen Daniels
information the same way, but I would rather not make that via the filename. --Glen -Original Message- From: Elliotte Rusty Harold [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 9:15 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: version numbers in jars At 8:27 AM -0500 2/21

RE: version numbers in jars

2002-02-21 Thread GOMEZ Henri
which .jar is in use ;) -Original Message- From: GOMEZ Henri [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 11:46 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: version numbers in jars Oh, I misunderstood what you were wanting. A big -1 to naming all jars with version #s. I

RE: version numbers in jars

2002-02-21 Thread Elliotte Rusty Harold
At 11:29 AM -0500 2/21/02, Glen Daniels wrote: Oh, I misunderstood what you were wanting. A big -1 to naming all jars with version #s. I can't think of a bigger pain in the keister than having to revamp my classpath settings every time a library revs. You're still using the classpath for

Re: version numbers in jars

2002-02-21 Thread Thomas B. Passin
[Elliotte Rusty Harold] You're still using the classpath for jars? I only do that when I want to change the classpath on a per-run basis, in which case I am changing it and using the version number is not a problem. However, for standard libraries like xerces.jar that are shared among

Re: version numbers in jars

2002-02-21 Thread Berin Loritsch
Thomas B. Passin wrote: [Elliotte Rusty Harold] You're still using the classpath for jars? I only do that when I want to change the classpath on a per-run basis, in which case I am changing it and using the version number is not a problem. However, for standard libraries like xerces.jar that

Re: version numbers in jars

2002-02-21 Thread Thomas B. Passin
[Berin Loritsch] Thomas B. Passin wrote: [Elliotte Rusty Harold] You're still using the classpath for jars? I only do that when I want to change the classpath on a per-run basis, in which case I am changing it and using the version number is not a problem. However, for standard

Re: version numbers in jars

2002-02-21 Thread Berin Loritsch
Thomas B. Passin wrote: [Berin Loritsch] Thomas B. Passin wrote: any given app finds the right version? For some jars like Xerces/Xalan, if you code to the plugable API (aka JAXP), you only need to upgrade the jar--no recompilation or refactoring needed. For others, like the Commons

Re: version numbers in jars

2002-02-21 Thread Elliotte Rusty Harold
[Elliotte Rusty Harold] If all those versions are in the ext directory, how do you make sure that any given app finds the right version? They aren't. I put in the one I need. -- +---++---+ | Elliotte Rusty Harold | [EMAIL

RE: version numbers in jars

2002-02-21 Thread Alistair Hopkins
code simultaneously when you need to change one. Never looked back, had a continual nightmare with fixed classpaths. -Original Message- From: Glen Daniels [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 5:03 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: version numbers in jars