+1 to moving to Java 5. I think maintenance releases could be key in keeping those users tied to Java 1.4, interested in Axis2 until they're ready to move up to Java 5 themselves.
Jeremy On 27/02/2008, Paul Fremantle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes I guess that makes sense. > However, its most likely that we would roll up whatever is in the trunk. > > I guess that there might be also end up being a 1.4.1 maintenance > release as well. > > > Paul > > > On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 10:36 AM, Michele Mazzucco > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Paul, > > > > if so, I think release 1.4 should focus on fixing as much bugs as > > possible, not on adding new features. > > > > Michele > > > > > > > > On 27 Feb 2008, at 09:59, Paul Fremantle wrote: > > > > > My concern is that I think there has been a lot of work done since the > > > last release and the JDK1.4 users will never get that benefit. > > > > > > So - how about this for a plan. > > > > > > Release 1.4 asap based on JDK 1.4. > > > Then do a 1.5 release *very soon after* based on JDK1.5. > > > > > > That way even the names match :) > > > > > > Axis2 1.4 can be the last major release targeted at JDK1.4. > > > > > > As for 1.5, I think in fact it will need two releases - once we start > > > targeting 1.5 we probably need to do some 1.5 specific stuff like > > > generating code that takes advantage of generics. > > > > > > Paul > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 6:28 AM, Dennis Sosnoski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > >> From my experiences working with companies moving to Axis2 I'd say > > >> about half are still using JDK 1.4. If they can't count on that > > >> support > > >> being maintained I think they're likely to reconsider adopting > > >> Axis2. > > >> Just having an archived 1.3 version of Axis2 won't be enough to > > >> convince > > >> them, unless they're already committed to moving to JDK 1.5 anyway. > > >> > > >> It seems like bad timing to give up one of the major advantages > > >> of Axis2 > > >> over the Glassfish code and such. So -0 from me. > > >> > > >> - Dennis > > >> > > >> -- > > >> Dennis M. Sosnoski > > >> SOA and Web Services in Java > > >> Axis2 Training and Consulting > > >> http://www.sosnoski.com - http://www.sosnoski.co.nz > > >> Seattle, WA +1-425-939-0576 - Wellington, NZ +64-4-298-6117 > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> Deepal Jayasinghe wrote: > > >>> Hi all , > > >>> > > >>> As you might remember few months back Glen asked the list about > > >>> moving > > >>> to JDK 1.5 and I think we got very positive feedback. So I > > >>> thought of > > >>> asking again and change the code to work with JDK 1.5 . The main > > >>> reason behind sending this mail is due the dependency we have for > > >>> annogen. As I can see that project is dead one and there is no > > >>> development happening so I do not think it is a good idea to > > >>> depend on > > >>> such a project. In the meantime we have few issues with annogen as > > >>> well ,first inner class problem (I have locally fixed that both in > > >>> Axis2 and Annogen will commit soon) , second is the final class > > >>> problem. I request a release from annogen after the changes that > > >>> Dims > > >>> did , but we did not get any reply so far. > > >>> > > >>> We all know that we get better annotation support from JDK 1.5 so if > > >>> we move to JDK 1.5 we can get rid of the annogen dependency and > > >>> we can > > >>> just use JDK for annotation processing. Other problem is generic > > >>> support , if we move to JDK 1.5 we can have generic support in our > > >>> POJOs. In addition to POJO we can get better concurrent support in > > >>> JDK 1.5 as well. > > >>> > > >>> So if we move to JDK 1.5 we can get better support , and I do not > > >>> think any advantage of staying in 1.4 . If some user want to use > > >>> Axis2 > > >>> in JDK 1.4 they can happily use Axis2 1.3 , which is very stable > > >>> version and working fine in 1.4 and 1.5. > > >>> > > >>> If any user or developers have any concern on moving to JDK 1.5 > > >>> please > > >>> come forward and reply to this mail that will be very helpful for > > >>> all > > >>> of us. > > >>> > > >>> Here is my +1 for moving to JDK 1.5 to and release Axis2 1.4 in > > >>> JDK 1.5 > > >>> > > >>> Thank you, > > >>> Deepal > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >>> - > > >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >>> > > >> > > >> > > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Paul Fremantle > > > Co-Founder and VP of Technical Sales, WSO2 > > > OASIS WS-RX TC Co-chair > > > > > > blog: http://pzf.fremantle.org > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > "Oxygenating the Web Service Platform", www.wso2.com > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > -- > Paul Fremantle > Co-Founder and VP of Technical Sales, WSO2 > OASIS WS-RX TC Co-chair > > blog: http://pzf.fremantle.org > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "Oxygenating the Web Service Platform", www.wso2.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
