I suspect we'll be OK with 1.4; and also the graphics bugs I think Joerg was mentioning below with 1.3 makes that latter probably not much of an option going into 2005.
Glen --- "Peter B. West" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Glen Mazza wrote: > > Here's the team's comments so far on this topic: > > > > Chris: > > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=fop-dev&m=107330434824865&w=2 > > > > Peter West: > > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=fop-dev&m=107334589414161&w=2 > > > > Glen: > > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=fop-dev&m=107334968118783&w=2 > > > > Web Maestro Clay and John Austin: > > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=fop-dev&m=107336350330714&w=2 > > > > Chris 2: > > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=fop-dev&m=107338058309642&w=2 > > > > Web Maestro Clay 2: > > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=fop-dev&m=107339978229070&w=2 > > > > Joerg: > > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=fop-dev&m=107341756423664&w=2 > > > > Peter West 2: > > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=fop-dev&m=107353819024636&w=2 > > > > Glen > > > > > > --- Jeremias Maerki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > >>There was a thread recently which brought up that > >>FOP HEAD currently > >>doesn't compile under JDK 1.3. IMO this is an > >>important point and a > >>change of policy needs a community decision (vote) > >>and a susequent > >>documentation update. Since we should respect our > >>customers a new > >>opinion poll before the vote would be appropriate. > >> > >>Does anyone know of a good and up-to-date list of > >>platforms and the JDK > >>versions they support? I haven't found one. Sun's > >>isn't ready, yet: > >>http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/ports.html > > Another point of interest is that 1.5 is available > in beta releases. > 1.5 contains changes to the language, the only ones > since 1.1, IIUC. I > suspect that any vendor who takes Java seriously > will port 1.5 as a > matter of urgency. IBM e.g., has 1.3 and 1.4 for > AIX and z/OS (what > level of 1.4 I am not sure.) Linux/390 also has > 1.4. > > We're talking about a product (1.0) without a > definite release date, but > unlikely before late 2004. I hope to have a very > limited functionality > available in alt-design by mid-year. In any case, I > expect that by the > time anyone is using alt-design in anger, 1.4 will > not be a problem. > > The 0.20 series is supported on 1.3, so an important > question is: what > is the expected timeframe for availability of 1.4 > for those users who > are currently restricted to 1.3? Vendors should be > able to provide > their users with some indication of this. We should > at least ask the > question in any survey of users. An ancillary > question is: what is the > user's expected timeframe for migration? > > Peter > -- > Peter B. West > <http://www.powerup.com.au/~pbwest/resume.html> > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/
