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On Wed, 13 Oct 2004, Neeraj Bajaj wrote: > Hello All, > > I was wondering when can we start merging the JAXP 1.3 sources ? Merging > the code in branch/review/testing/committing to main trunk > would take time so at least from my side i would like to see this work > started as early as possible say from tomorrow. > What is the general procedure ? Is there any formality that needs to be > completed first ? What is the opinion of > (Xml-commons/Xerces/Xalan) committers ? > > As the sources would be put in a branch so it won't affect normal > development but it would be good if we can restrict > large chunk of changes to the main trunk and fix only critical changes. > It would help merging the changes back to main > trunk. What do others think ? > > Thanks, > Neeraj > > > Neeraj Bajaj wrote: > > > > > > > Ramesh Mandava wrote: > > > >>> > >>> > >>> - Both Elliotte's and Clay's questions below are important. If someone > >>> familiar with the code could comment on: For either the main trunk, or > >>> a temporary working branch for integration: > >>> > >>> -- What JVM's will this code compile on? Version/Vendors? > >>> > >> J2SE 1.4.x, J2SE 5.0 . We tried this on Sun JDKs but the same > >> sources should run on other JVMs as well. > >> > >>> > >>> -- What JVM's will this code run on? Version/Vendors? > >>> > >> > >> J2SE 1.3.x, J2SE 1.4.x, J2SE 5.0. Again we qualified the sources on > >> Sun JVM. But as there is no Sun JVM specific codem these sources > >> should work on other JVMs without modification ( we have to try it > >> out though :-) ). > > > > > > Right. This hasn't been tried but i don't see any reason why it > > shouldn't work on any other JVM as there isn't any Sun JVM specific code. > > > > In other mail i have suggested that active Xerces/Xalan committers can > > try this before committin on main truck as the plan is to put the code > > on branch first. I proposed JAXP 1.3 APIs to be committed on > > xml-commons main trunk but i am totally fine with creating a branch > > first to test > > the compatibility with other JVM. > > > > Neeraj > > > >> > >> > >>> > >>> We need to *clearly* document which versions this stuff works on, and > >>> should conditionally compile or something if it won't compile on at > >>> least 1.3 > >> > >> > >> Right now we face compilation problems in couple of file with J2SE > >> 1.3, but these should be worked around though. We can atleast have a > >> switch to achieve the requirement of compiling on J2SE 1.3. > >> > >>> (since we still have a lot of older JDK version users here). > >>> > >>> My knee-jerk reaction is also to hope that it will compile & run on > >>> both recent Sun and IBM JVMs at least before we put this on the main > >>> trunk: we should really try to be JVM-vendor agnostic. > >> > >> > >> > >> I agree. > >> > >> Regards > >> -Ramesh > >> > >>> (anyone still > >>> working on kaffe? 8-) > >>> > >> > >> > >>> > >>> --- Clay Leeds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>> On Oct 12, 2004, at 5:12 AM, Elliotte Harold wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> Are these APIs and implementation thereof independent of Java 1.5? > >>>>> i.e. can they be compiled and used in a Java 1.2/1.3/1.4 > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> environment? > >>>> > >>>>> If not, could they be backported to work in such environments? > >>>>> > >>>>> -- Elliotte Rusty Harold [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>>> XML in a Nutshell 3rd Edition Just Published! > >>>>> http://www.cafeconleche.org/books/xian3/ > >>>>> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0596007647/cafeaulaitA/ > >>>>> ref%3Dnosim > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Forgive me if this is covered under Mr. Harold's question, but: > >>>> > >>>> Would this also be portable to IBM Java 1.30 (and any other > >>>> non-Sun implementation of Java...)? > >>>> > >>>> Web Maestro Clay > >>>> > >>>> p.s. I'm not trying to look a gift-horse in the mouth--Thank you > >>>> Sun! 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