Hey Ceki, Do you remember the version of the jdk you used to build v1.2.9? When we had talked about this before I seem to remember you saying JDK 1.3, but maybe that was for the v1.3-alpha builds?
-Mark > -----Original Message----- > From: Ceki Gülcü [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 11:38 AM > To: Log4J Developers List > Subject: RE: log4j 1.3 minimum JDK (was Re: [VOTE] Release log4j > 1.2.12rc3) > > > As far as log4j 1.2.x is concerned, I believe that JDK 1.2 > compatibility was real. I can attest that for all log4j versions prior > to 1.2.9, the log4j core was verified to compile under JDK 1.2. The > same holds true for log4j 1.3beta. > > At 08:26 PM 8/16/2005, you wrote: > >Quoting Mark Womack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > But is there some specific reason why we want to upgrade and be > compatible > > > with only >= JDK 1.3? Is there some core class we really need to use > in > > > order to make log4j better? If not, then I don't see a compelling > > reason to > > > self-limit ourselves to >= JDK 1.3. We are a logging framework, it > just > > > makes more sense to be as compatible as we can be, imo. It is one of > the > > > pluses for log4j vs jdk 1.4 logging. > > > > > > >We still don't know if our current 1.2.xx releases are truly compatible > with > >JDK1.2 according to Curt's investigations, but we can all compile and > test > >under JDK1.3 quite easily. The idea is nice, but even our promise of > backward > >compatiblity for the 1.2 branch up to now is turning out to be a possible > >farce. Suggested workarounds by Curt suggest is is not easy to provide > this > >support. Like others have said, if people haven't upgraded the JVM from > >1.2.xx, they certainly aren't of the mind to upgrade Log4j or anything > else. > >JDK1.5 is out and 1.6 is in development. It's time to put JDK1.2 to rest > >which > >will allow us to make promises we can stand by! > > > > > >Jake > > -- > Ceki Gülcü > > The complete log4j manual: http://www.qos.ch/log4j/ > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
