Nevertheless, the world seems to be moving away from JDK 5. On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 10:20 PM, Andreas Veithen <[email protected] > wrote:
> Oracle will not release any new version of their _free-of-charge_ Java > 1.5 distribution. That doesn't apply to their commercial offering and > also doesn't apply to other vendors. E.g. WebSphere 6.1 (the last > remaining version that uses Java 1.5) will only reach end of service > in late 2012. > > There was a similar discussion recently in the CXF project. They > concluded that it is too early to drop 1.5 support: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg04370.html > > I think most of the arguments also apply to Axis2. > > Andreas > > On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 13:49, Afkham Azeez <[email protected]> wrote: > > I believe Oracle will not release any new JDK 1.5 version to fix security > > issues such > > as http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/02/07/java_denial_of_service_bug/ > > A JDK 1.6 release was provided a few days after the bug was made public. > > However, they have made a patching tool > > available > http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/alert-cve-2010-4476-305811.html > > > > On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 6:02 PM, Andreas Veithen < > [email protected]> > > wrote: > >> > >> I think that the question is not asked in the right way. It's not an > >> all-or-nothing thing. We can easily set up a Maven profile so that the > >> clustering module is skipped if the build is run on Java 1.5. This > >> allows us to remain compatible with Java 1.5 for the rest of the > >> framework. We only need to update the release procedure to make sure > >> that the release build is done using Java 1.6, so that the clustering > >> stuff is included in the binary distributions. It's pretty much the > >> same approach that was used for the JAXB2 and JAX-WS support up to > >> Axis2 1.4.x. > >> > >> Note that for many people, upgrading to Java 1.6 represents a huge > >> effort because it requires an upgrade of the application server on > >> which they deploy their applications. At this point, I don't see > >> enough added value that would justify to make this mandatory for the > >> entire Axis2 stack. > >> > >> Andreas > >> > >> On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 12:56, Afkham Azeez <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > Thoughts on $subject please. I had to revert a useful Apache Tribes > >> > upgrade > >> > since Tomcat no longer supports Java 5. > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Afkham Azeez > >> > Senior Software Architect & Senior Manager; WSO2, Inc.; > http://wso2.com, > >> > > >> > Member; Apache Software Foundation; http://www.apache.org/ > >> > email: [email protected] cell: +94 77 3320919 > >> > blog: http://blog.afkham.org > >> > twitter: http://twitter.com/afkham_azeez > >> > linked-in: http://lk.linkedin.com/in/afkhamazeez > >> > > >> > Lean . Enterprise . Middleware > >> > > >> > > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Afkham Azeez > > Senior Software Architect & Senior Manager; WSO2, Inc.; http://wso2.com, > > > > Member; Apache Software Foundation; http://www.apache.org/ > > email: [email protected] cell: +94 77 3320919 > > blog: http://blog.afkham.org > > twitter: http://twitter.com/afkham_azeez > > linked-in: http://lk.linkedin.com/in/afkhamazeez > > > > Lean . Enterprise . Middleware > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > -- *Afkham Azeez* Senior Software Architect & Senior Manager; WSO2, Inc.; http://wso2.com, * * *Member; Apache Software Foundation; **http://www.apache.org/*<http://www.apache.org/> * email: **[email protected]* <[email protected]>* cell: +94 77 3320919 blog: **http://blog.afkham.org* <http://blog.afkham.org>* twitter: **http://twitter.com/afkham_azeez*<http://twitter.com/afkham_azeez> * linked-in: **http://lk.linkedin.com/in/afkhamazeez* * * *Lean . Enterprise . Middleware* * *
