Re: [POLL] Base JDK version support for log4j 1.3?

[Jess Holle]

The only bits I can think of in 1.4 over 1.3 are: Assertions NIO Otherwise that's really about it.  Sure, 1.4 integrates JSSE, JAXP, and JNDI into the core, but there are add-on libraries for 1.3 for all the same stuff. I believe NIO has not been all it's cracked up to be in many usages and would be surprised to find it critical to logging. Unless, of course, requiring 1.4 means one can assume a better ThreadLocal and use it more freely, for instance.  [I know ThreadLocal improved over the various JVM releases, but I don't know whether those improvements went back into old JVM's maintenance releases.] -- Jess Holle Endre Stølsvik wrote: On Thu, 23 Feb 2006, Boris Unckel wrote: | Mark Womack wrote: | > What base JDK version do we want to support for log4j 1.3? > JDK 1.2? | > > JDK 1.3? | +1 for version >= JDK 1.3 | with javac set to source 1.3 and target 1.3 | | Reasons: | - JDK 1.2 legacy(!) users have log4j 1.2.13, stable, extensible | - slow adoption of new JDKs is already fulfilled, we are at JDK 1.5stable and | 1.6beta | | Personally I would prefer source 1.4 and target 1.4 What is there in 1.4?! Unless you do heavy concurrent I/O, I haven't seen anything that Java 1.4 supplies that isn't just "plain java"? Regards, Endre. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]