We are using jdk 1.5 & planning to move to 1.6 On 8/15/07, Pantvaidya, Vishwajit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I agree - adding support for 1.5 while retaining compatibility with 1.4 > (essentially not to use features of 1.5) is probably the best option. > > > - Vish. > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Bjorn Townsend [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 2:54 PM > >To: [email protected] > >Cc: Axis-Dev > >Subject: Re: [axis2] [IMPORTANT] JDK 1.4 compatibility - feedback requested > > > >Hi Glen, > > > >I wanted to throw my two cents in on this as it's an important issue. > >In short, I think Axis2 should continue to support both, especially > >if it wants to encourage stragglers to migrate from 1.x. Most of > >Sourcelabs' customers are inherently conservative Global 2000 > >companies, most of them use Axis 1.x in one form or another, and none > >of them have completely migrated to 1.5. The reasons for this are > >generally the result of company policy -- internal standards and the > >desire to minimize upgrades being prominent reasons for said policy. > >The process of moving to 1.5 for them will be a long and painful one, > >and they are much more likely to be interested in or need to migrate > >to Axis2 before upgrading to Java 1.5. Our customers would find > >migrating to Axis2 much more palatable if they didn't need to upgrade > >to Java 1.5 at the same time. I suspect the same is probably true of > >many users of Axis in the enterprise. > > > >Thanks, > >Bjorn > > > >On Aug 14, 2007, at 9:25 PM August 14, Glen Daniels wrote: > > > >> Hi Axis2 developers and users! > >> > >> There has been a bunch of discussion lately revolving around the > >> question of JDK1.4 compatibility. It has been suggested that Axis2 > >> move to JDK 1.5, in order to gain the benefits of things like > >> generics, built-in concurrency (no backport lib), and annotations. > >> Some folks feel that there are enough people out there still in a > >> 1.4 environment that we should hold off, and others think we should > >> bite the bullet and move to 1.5. > >> > >> HERE'S YOUR CHANCE TO PROVIDE VALUABLE INPUT! > >> > >> Are you using, or planning to use, Axis2 in an environment that is > >> locked to JDK 1.4? If so, please let us know by responding to this > >> thread and telling us (if you can) about the particulars of what's > >> tying you to 1.4 - is it your app server? Company policy? > >> Something else? > >> > >> We'd really like to take good care of our users, and doing that > >> involves figuring out whether we can jump into 1.5-land or if we > >> need to keep things working with 1.4. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> --Glen > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> 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] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
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