+1 for xerces2 +1 for including both xerces and xalan - the JAXP1.1 specification requires both ( otherwise it's not JAXP ). We may disagree with that ( the same as some people disagree with JSP beeing required in a servlet container :-), but we can't change it.
As for the reasons to use crimson - size was one of the reasons, politics was the other - none is a concern now since xerces2 is reasonably small and accepted by everyone. Costin > > mm.. side note as Jason reminded me this. > > > > For Ant 1.5, I would be in favor of changing the parser from Crimson to > > Xerces 2.0.1 > > > > - I think distrib size was one of the main concern to keep crimson (as far > > as I can remember, veterans correct me if I'm wrong :-). Crimson is 200K > > (185K packed), Xerces 2 is 1.6MB (500K packed) + XML Apis 120K (30K > packed) > > > > My arguments to change it would be: > > - Xerces provides more features (XML Schema) for people using XML heavily, > > this is a plus. > > - It interfaces with Xalan which seems to be the most used xsl processor ( > > <style> ) > > - XML apis are decoupled making things crystal clear about DOM/SAX/JAXP > > versions. > > - Crimson roadmap is 'the future plan is to move to a different codebase > > called Xerces Java 2' :) > > - Ant tests are run with Xerces 2 and XML APIs with GUMP > > - The future is now :) > > > > I tested with the Ant 1.4.1 release and the zip size switching from > > crimson/jaxp to xerces2/xmlapis jumps from 2.7MB to 3.07MB so distribution > > size is merely not an issue, this is a reasonable 10% increase. > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Stephane Bailliez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Ant Developers List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 9:54 PM > > Subject: Re: [VOTE] Ant 1.5 Release Plan > > > > > > > > > > I'm +0 on your proposal since I will not be able to help at all due to > my > > > absence from April 19 to May 26. My presence has been more than sparse > > this > > > last month due to a need to prepare things for this trip. I apologize > for > > > this but you have my complete moral support and I wish to thank you all > > for > > > pushing this release out. You all did an -awesome- job and you deserve > > more > > > than a Javaworld award for that. > > > > > > Stephane > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Magesh Umasankar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > I feel that we have made quite some progress after releasing > > > > Ant 1.4.1 to warrant a new release. We have added a bunch > > > > of new functionality and fixed a good number of existing > > > > problems as well. Kudos to all those who participated. > > > > > > > > I would like to call for a vote on moving towards a release > > > > of Ant 1.5. > > > > > > > > Here is the tentative timeline that I propose: > > > > > > > > April 13: Complete gathering votes for move-towards-release > > > > proposal. > > > > > > > > If proposal passes, > > > > > > > > Till April 30: Complete planned activities (based on to-do list) > > > > on Ant 1.5Alpha > > > > May 1st Week : Release Ant 1.5Beta1 > > > > Rest of May : *Bug* fixes to Ant 1.5Alpha, if any. > > > > June 1st Week: Release Ant 1.5Beta2, followed by *bug* fixes, if any. > > > > June 4th Week: Vote on Ant 1.5 Release. > > > > July 1st Week: Release Ant 1.5 > > > > > > > > I would be willing to make an attempt at being the > > > > Release Manager. However, if somebody else is > > > > interested, I would *really welcome it* as I > > > > expect to be extremely busy this Spring and Summer > > > > (as you would have perhaps already noticed by my > > > > sparse presence in the list the past few weeks). > > > > In other words, if nobody else wants to bite the > > > > bullet, then, I will (see how bad I want 1.5 out > > > > the door? ;-) > > > > > > > > Anyway, send in your votes for: > > > > > > > > 1. Proposal to move towards releasing Ant 1.5 (+1) > > > > 2. Proposed timeline (+1) > > > > 3. Magesh as Proposed Release Manager (+0) (+1, if no other > > > > committer volunteers). > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > Magesh > > > > > > > > ********************************************************** > > > > * Dictionary: A place where success comes before work. * > > > > ********************************************************** > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > 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]> > > > > > > > -- > 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]>
