I disagree .. quite strongly, i must say. I support applications that went into production five years ago. And while upgrades and extentions do happen, I'm very sure changing the jdk will be considered an extremely risky proposition by my client, irrespective of the technical merits, and/or developer pressure. And i do understand the motivation for this kind of risk averse approach
One of my other apps is still in production after 8 years, on Microsoft JDK... But i dont expect any other app to support that... :) But 1.4, we should keep for now. Regards - Avik On Friday 30 Mar 2007 9:48:34 pm Andrew C. Oliver wrote: > Thank you for the explanation. Places that practice poor technically > inadvisable practices are not sufficient rationalization to me. I'm +1 > to dropping 1.42 BTW if someone proposes the vote. (Generally you can > count me to support dropping anything more than two major releases back) > > -Andy > > Karr, David wrote: > > In the real world, upgrading platforms is not something individuals can > > control. If it were up to me, I would be running close to the edge all > > the time. I wouldn't be surprised if I'm still doing 1.4.2 work at the > > end of this year. > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Andrew C. Oliver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 4:55 AM > >> To: POI Users List > >> Subject: Re: Getting "class file has wrong version" error on > >> poi-scratchpad-3.0-rc2 jar > >> > >> Why exactly? Running a JDK that is 2 versions back tends to > >> be a rather large faux pas as well. Is there still a > >> platform that 1.5 isn't available for? > >> > >> Karr, David wrote: > >>> I assume you're only half serious. Dropping 1.4.2 at this > >> > >> point would > >> > >>> be a big mistake. In any case, I tried manually building the jars > >>> from source with JDK 1.4.2, and it works fine. > >>> > >>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>> From: Andrew C. Oliver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 12:47 PM > >>>> To: POI Users List > >>>> Subject: Re: Getting "class file has wrong version" error on > >>>> poi-scratchpad-3.0-rc2 jar > >>>> > >>>> yeah unless we've dropped 1.42 then it should be compiled on 1.42. > >>>> So the last build is invalid or we need a vote to drop > >> > >> 1.42 and req > >> > >>>> 5+ > >>>> > >>>> -andy > >>>> > >>>> David Fisher wrote: > >>>>> That class file was compiled with JDK 5.0 > >>>>> > >>>>> See http://blogs.sun.com/sundararajan/entry/java_class_ic_errors > >>>>> > >>>>> On Mar 29, 2007, at 2:25 PM, Karr, David wrote: > >>>>>> Obviously, I was wrong to refer to this as the scratchpad > >>>> > >>>> jar. It's > >>>> > >>>>>> the main poi jar. > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>>>>> From: Karr, David > >>>>>>> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 12:06 PM > >>>>>>> To: POI Users List > >>>>>>> Subject: Getting "class file has wrong version" error on > >>>>>>> poi-scratchpad-3.0-rc2 jar > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> I'm trying to use 3.0rc2, and I'm trying to use the > >>>> > >>>> scratchpad jar > >>>> > >>>>>>> for the first time. I'm using JDK 1.4.2. > >>>>>>> When I try to compile my code with Ant, I get the following: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> bad class file: > >>>>>>> ...\lib\poi-3.0-rc2-20070329.jar(org/apache/poi/hssf/model/Wor > >>>>>> > >>>>>> kbook.clas > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> s) > >>>>>>> class file has wrong version 49.0, should be 48.0 Please > >>>> > >>>> remove or > >>>> > >>>>>>> make sure it appears in the correct subdirectory of the > >> > >> classpath. > >> > >>>>>>> import org.apache.poi.hssf.model.Workbook; > >> > >> -------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > >>>>>>> - To unsubscribe, e-mail: > >> > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >>>>>>> Mailing List: http://jakarta.apache.org/site/mail2.html#poi > >>>>>>> The Apache Jakarta Poi Project: http://jakarta.apache.org/poi/ > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > >>>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>>>> Mailing List: http://jakarta.apache.org/site/mail2.html#poi > >>>>>> The Apache Jakarta Poi Project: http://jakarta.apache.org/poi/ > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > >>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>>> Mailing List: http://jakarta.apache.org/site/mail2.html#poi > >>>>> The Apache Jakarta Poi Project: http://jakarta.apache.org/poi/ > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> From Windows/Exchange to Linux/Meldware Buni Meldware > >> > >> Communication > >> > >>>> Suite Email, Calendaring, ease of configuration/administration > >>>> http://buni.org > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>> Mailing List: http://jakarta.apache.org/site/mail2.html#poi > >>>> The Apache Jakarta Poi Project: http://jakarta.apache.org/poi/ > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> Mailing List: http://jakarta.apache.org/site/mail2.html#poi > >>> The Apache Jakarta Poi Project: http://jakarta.apache.org/poi/ > >> > >> -- > >> From Windows/Exchange to Linux/Meldware > >> Buni Meldware Communication Suite > >> Email, Calendaring, ease of configuration/administration > >> http://buni.org > >> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Mailing List: http://jakarta.apache.org/site/mail2.html#poi > >> The Apache Jakarta Poi Project: http://jakarta.apache.org/poi/ > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Mailing List: http://jakarta.apache.org/site/mail2.html#poi > > The Apache Jakarta Poi Project: http://jakarta.apache.org/poi/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mailing List: http://jakarta.apache.org/site/mail2.html#poi The Apache Jakarta Poi Project: http://jakarta.apache.org/poi/
