[VOTE] Discontinue Support for: iBATIS Java 1.x, JDK 1.3 and DTDs at ibatis.com

[Clinton Begin]

Hi everyone:

== What? ==

I'm going to raise a vote and recommend to discontinue support for:

  * iBATIS 1.x (including 2.0 compat package)
  * All JDKs 1.3 and earlier (and therefore old JDBC versions)
  * DTDs hosted by iBATIS.com

== Why? ==

I'm basing my recommendations on the following facts:

Only 3% of iBATIS users use iBATIS 1.x.
Only 13% of iBATIS users use JDK 1.3.1 or earlier
We serve up 1.4 million copies of our DTD every month from ibatis.com....which is costing me money. :-)

Discontinuing support for these will allow us to move forward with more new features and lighten the code up a bit.

== When? ==

iBATIS 1.x support ends as of version 2.2.0 (next feature release)
JDK 1.3 and earlier versions support ends as of version 2.2.0 (next feature release)
DTDs hosted at iBATIS.com removed by November 30th 2005 as per the warning[1] that went out in September (90 days notice).

To be proactive, pragmatic and practical, we will tag the SVN repository at version 2.1.6 (next bug fix release).  This version can then be branched if necessary to fix any critical issues for those living in Bedrock. 

== Who? ==

Would all PMC members please vote on the three items individually

(  )  iBATIS 1.x is unsupported as of version 2.2.0
(  )  JDK 1.3 and earlier are unsupported as of version 2.2.0
(  )  DTDs hosted at iBATIS.com are removed as of November 30th, 2005.

Everyone else is free to comment.  If you think your business will be significantly impacted by this, please let us know.

Cheers,

Clinton


[1] http://www.mail-archive.com/user-java@ibatis.apache.org/msg01333.html