On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 9:46 PM, Michael Glavassevich <[email protected]>wrote:
> Hi Mukul, > > I think it would be ideal if Xerces shipped with something that worked out > of the box, so would be nice if in the release that assertions could work > with JDK 1.3 like the rest of Xerces. That doesn't mean that the main > development stream of PsychoPath would need to stick to that level and > certainly wouldn't expect that the Eclipse developers would want to bend > over backwards to support it. I think it would be sufficient to produce a > Java 1.3 compatible version at a point where PsychoPath has reasonable > conformance to XPath 2.0 and include that with Xerces. I believe we could > get away with only doing that once and telling users in the documentation to > go to eclipse.org to download newer versions which may have higher JDK > requirements than Xerces and also about where they can get Saxon if they > want it to use it instead. > +1 Thanks, Hiranya > > > As to what level the main development of PsychoPath in Eclipse really > should support, I think the folks discussing this should keep in mind that > Sun is not the only Java runtime vendor / producer. There are others: IBM, > Apache Harmony, GNU Classpath, etc... which may be at different stages of > development / support of the various levels of Java and may support those > further into the future than Sun does. Even Sun provides support [1] past > those quoted EOL dates so the actual lifetimes of runtimes (from Sun or > elsewhere) at Java 1.3, 1.4, 5, 6, etc.. levels may be much longer than > that. Developers often have no choice in the matter, having to write new > code for a larger project that must run with an older version of Java. That > isn't to say that Java 1.3 is a good choice for PsychoPath, but that there > are other factors that one should consider in making the decision besides > the opinion of a handful of people on a Bugzilla issue who may or may not > really be representative of the community who would be using (or developing) > the software. > > Thanks. > > [1] http://www.sun.com/software/javaseforbusiness/support.jsp > > Michael Glavassevich > XML Parser Development > IBM Toronto Lab > E-mail: [email protected] > E-mail: [email protected] > > Mukul Gandhi <[email protected]> wrote on 06/18/2009 11:35:11 PM: > > > > Hi all, > > I recently raised this bug request with the PsychoPath team, to > > support JDK 1.3 (ref, > > https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=280798). Please also see > > this blog entry about this, > > http://intellectualcramps.blogspot.com/2009/06/should-psychopath- > > support-jre-13.html. > > > > The reason I raised this request with PsychoPath is, because at > > Xerces-J we currently support JDK 1.3. > > > > PsychoPath community seems to think, they can support a minimum JDK > > level of JDK 1.4 (though the discussion is still underway at the above > > Eclipse bug request). If anybody would like to participate at the > > above bug request, that would be great. > > > > What should be the Xerces-J community's official position regarding > > PsychoPath's JRE version compliance? We can later communicate that to > > the PsychoPath forum. > > > > In case PsychoPath complies to minimum JRE 1.4, then Xerces-J Java 1.3 > > users won't be able to use Xerces-J assertions. > > > > One solution I could think for Xerces-J is: > > > > We keep the current PsychoPath JAR (which is JRE 1.3 compliant) on the > > server (perhaps also as part of our future XML Schema 1.1 > > implementation). We also ship another PsychoPath JAR (and update it > > periodically, in line with Eclipse PsychoPath releases) with Xerces-J > > which will require say min JRE 1.4, to get benefits of better XPath > > 2.0 compliance. > > > > i.e., we ship two JARs with Xerces-J. One with Java 1.3 support (with > > lesser XPath 2.0 compliance, which is presently residing on the Xerces > > SVN server) and another in sync with Eclipse version (which would have > > better XPath 2.0 compliance, as PsychoPath enhances). In case we do > > this, we can have a FAQ entry on the Xerces-J site, explaining this to > > our users. > > > > It would be great, if we confirm our official position in this regard, > > and communicate that to the PsychoPath team. > > > > -- > > Regards, > > Mukul Gandhi > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > -- Hiranya Jayathilaka Software Engineer; WSO2 Inc.; http://wso2.org E-mail: [email protected]; Mobile: +94 77 633 3491 Blog: http://techfeast-hiranya.blogspot.com
