If we offer the J4 distribution and don't support it then it will tarnish
the struts reputation a bit (who can build a case for using something where
it's distributed from the main site but not fully supported).

I don't beleive we'll loose any audience, if people have built solutions
around a J4 struts 2.0 it will still exist, and I'm not suggesting dropping
it for 2.0, what I'm suggesting is for 2.1 move just to 5+.

It already been said that there aren't many J4 messages on the users list,
which may indicate there is a low deployment level. Maybe a poll of what
people are using would determine if J4 is in use, or whether we could
simplify distribution and support by dropping support for J4. At the end of
the day if someone says they're using S2, then I think it would be better to
have one version of S2 than have a J4 and non-J4 versions which would differ
in support for generics, and possibly in other areas.

-----Original Message-----
From: Antonio Petrelli [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: 12 January 2008 17:25
To: Struts Developers List
Subject: Re: [S2] Libraries in JDK 1.4 distribution

2008/1/12, Tom Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> I disagree, I think there is a support cost.  If users are having 
> issues with the 1.4 stuff, (which happens more often than not) then 
> we're obligated to assist that user.

Obligated? Come on we are all volunteers, we are not obliged to do
anything: we do it because we like what we do.

> Long term I
> think we will drop the 1.4 stuff at some point, it's just a matter of 
> figuring out when.

I think that if we drop the 1.4 stuff, we lose a lot of audience.

> Another advantage is the builds become a bit simpler.  (Or at least 
> there's a chunk of the build that goes away)

Retrotranslation seems a pretty fast process to me.

Antonio

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