> > I'm waiting to see the release of Xerces-J 2.12.0 out. Let's try to give > it to the community. > > On 6 June 2017 at 11:57, <cmarch...@oxiane.com> wrote: > >> +1 >> Christophe >> >> >> Le 2017-06-06 01:40, Gary Gregory a écrit : >> >>> Java 9 won't even compile for Java 5 (which is EOL and not under >>> support from Oracle, not sure about IBM). I think dropping Java 1.3 is >>> perfectly OK. >>> >>> Gary >>> >>> On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 3:23 PM, Jan Tosovsky <j.tosov...@email.cz> >>> wrote: >>> >>> On 2017-04-20 Mukul Gandhi wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Xerces-J 2.12.0 would comprise of two Xerces-J releases: >>>>> >>>>> One release will be from the trunk ... and its XML Schema >>>>> >>>> component >>>> >>>>> will be at 1.0 level. This release would run on JDK 1.3 min. >>>>> >>>>> Another release ... will provide support for XML Schema 1.1. >>>>> This release would run on JDK 1.4 min. >>>>> >>>> >>>> It sounds like artificial splitting just to keep support for Java >>>> 1.3... >>>> >>>> From end-user point of view I would be confused when browsing maven >>>> repository. I would have to find some documentation and investigate >>>> the >>>> purpose of each version... >>>> >>>> Java 1.3? In my POV the support for EOLed versions of (any) software >>>> is >>>> beneficial only for attackers as they have easier way to compromise >>>> the >>>> target system. >>>> >>>> Switching to more recent Java version could help in fixing issues >>>> like this: >>>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/XERCESJ-1598 [1] >>>> >>>> Jan >>>> >>> >>
-- Regards, Mukul Gandhi
