Hola, > Some of the vendors are behind - WebSphere v6 (latest available) is at > JDK1.3.
I don't think so. Even later versions of WebSphere 5.x support JDK 1.4. See for example: http://www.websphere-world.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1164. The argument for supporting older JDKs is not about vendor adoption. Every vendor worth their name will have Tiger (J2SE 5.0) support very soon because they J2EE 1.5 spec requires it. I think a better argument for supporting older JDKs can be made in light of the competition from java.util.logging (JUL). JUL became available with Sun JDK 1.4 and for many users offers everything they need. To remain the top option in the future, log4j must either offer unique features (for example the plugin/receiver framework) or support a broader subset of JDKs. By that I don't just mean older ones, but also less traditional ones like GNU Classpath, Kaffe, and Apache Harmony as it gets closer to prime time. Unfortunately we've now spent many months essentially assuring that log4j 1.3 is fully backwards-compatible instead of focusing on new and innovative features. This compatibility is a noble goal, but I think we're at a crossing point where we need to decide where to focus. I strongly stress that I'm not criticizing anyone: what the project does reflects the interests of our members, as always. I'll be the first to admit that I've contributed very little to log4j this past year and change, and I wish I had more time to write some cool new code for 2.0. I think the people working on backwards comptability have done a great job, and Mark has done an awesome job keeping us in check. But I wish we would step back for a second and look at what would make log4j the top logging choice not just now, but for a couple of years in the future, given what we know about J2EE 1.5, the JVMPI / JVMDI improvements in Tiger, and other similar opportunities to put together new differentiating features, like loggers and appenders once were... Yoav -- Yoav Shapira Senior Architect Nimalex LLC 1 Mifflin Place, Suite 310 Cambridge, MA, USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] / www.yoavshapira.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
