Hi Glen, As as committer on another open source project that uses axis2 as a dependency, I second the vote to keep 1.4 compatibility. A lot of older, bigger organizations keep older JVMs for the reasons already stated by others. If you switch axis2 1.4 and above to JVM 1.5, you will loose a lot of adopters, especially in the bigger enterprises which will be forced to stick to older releases for JVM compatibility issues. Give it another year and ask the same question again :-)
Best Regards, George -----Original Message----- From: Glen Daniels [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 10:26 PM To: Axis-Dev; [email protected] Subject: [axis2] [IMPORTANT] JDK 1.4 compatibility - feedback requested Importance: High 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] ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. ********************************************************************** --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
