> You mean like they already have? > See http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/guide/extensions/versioning.html
Ok, call me an idiot - I didn't read the page carefully. Yes, this does specify jar version *requesting*. Now I remember seeing this a couple years ago, though, and I still have the same argument with it now as I did then. This scheme appears to apply *only* to the Java Plug-in, and *only* to applets downloaded from the web. That doesn't do jack for my locally-installed apps (eg. Ant). Local apps are where versioning is more critical. It does beg the question, like you asked, whether or not Web Start has a similar scheme. roger
