There are pros and cons to keeping backward compatibility and bickering on mailing lists will not make one position a clear winner. Please don't make this a personal issue if only for the sake of other mailing list users.
BR, Ilija. 12. 2. 2012., u 20:42, "Mica Cooper" <[email protected]> napisao: > Well Ken, > > I can tell you we have Java code in production from 1999. Unfortunately, > many projects have fallen to the C++(itus) which currently makes Java so > complicated that new programmers are learning .NET first now and makes it > difficult to move very large codebases forward. > > I greatly appreciate the efforts of Andreas and other volunteers, and I have > contributed code to other projects myself. You are obviously quick to judge > and ASSume motivation to others. > > Java 1.4 is not ancient...COBOL is ancient but programs written in the > 1960's are still running today. Developers of only a few year's experience > often fail to look at the longer picture. > > MC > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ken Bowen [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2012 1:28 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Compatible PDFBox Version with java version "1.4.2_10" > > MC, > > As a developer, I for one am quite grateful to the /VOLUNTEER/ staff which > develops PDFBox and other open-source products. Perhaps you can tell us all > whether you have contributed $$ or development time to help the project. > You can't be much of a developer if you believe it is easy to maintain > backward compatibility with ancient programing languages or operating > systems. > > --Ken Bowen > > On Feb 12, 2012, at 10:38 AM, Mica Cooper wrote: > >> Srinivas, >> >> We are using the older PDFBox 0.7.3 1.4 JDK version from Sourceforge >> and have no issues for a number of years. Yes, it does not include a >> number of newer features, fixes, etc but it is stable for basic use. >> >> Unfortunately, PDFBox has fallen into the Microsoft-dev thinking trap >> of not being backward compatible like so many Java libraries. >> >> MC >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Andreas Lehmkuehler [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2012 9:29 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Compatible PDFBox Version with java version "1.4.2_10" >> >> Hi, >> >> Am 10.02.2012 11:49, schrieb Seema, Srinivas: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I want to use PDFBox ,to convert PDF pages as images. >>> Please Suggest the Compatible PDFBox Version for java 1.4.2_10 along >>> with download link of that version. >> Starting with version 1.0.0 PDFBox relies on Java5. There is a very >> old incubation release which is compatible with Java 1.4, but I can't >> recommend to use that one. You really should update your java runtime. >> >>> Thanks& Regards, >>> Srinivas >>> >>> >>> Confidential: This electronic message and all contents contain >>> information >> from Syntel, Inc. which may be privileged, confidential or otherwise >> protected from disclosure. The information is intended to be for the >> addressee only. If you are not the addressee, any disclosure, copy, >> distribution or use of the contents of this message is prohibited. If >> you have received this electronic message in error, please notify the >> sender immediately and destroy the original message and all copies. >>> >> >> BR >> Andreas Lehmkühler >> >> > >
