I am not sure i understand: Will the iBATIS 1.x DTDs remain where they are, go away (potentially a very, very bad thing), or get moved to apache.org?
Larry On 11/5/05, Clinton Begin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > >
