Thanks a lot, i'll get the latest nightly. I am not very much bothered about
risk at the moment (the mailing list is always available .. :) .. just did
not want to do a 5MB download without knowing if it would solve the problem.
-
Avik
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Geir Magnusson Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 3:03 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Velocity and LogKit
>
>
> On 9/18/01 4:01 AM, "Sengupta, Avik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> > Some experiences i thought i would share:
> >
> > I am trying to use velocity and FOP in the same servlet
> application. I get a
> > clash in versions of logkit used. I use the latest FOP
> sources from CVS,
> > which uses logkit1.0b4. Using velocity 1.1, i cannot
> figure out which
> > version of logkit is being used. the dist contains a
> log.jar. Using the
> > logkit1.0b4 jar, the avalon logging system in velocity cant
> find a setFormat
> > method in FileOutputLogTarget. In the reverse, using only
> the velocity jars,
> > FOP complains about some other method!
> >
> > For a while, i debated writing my own custom class loaders
> :). I got the
> > whole thing to work by writing my own (almost dummy)
> LogSystem (not a happy
> > situation, certainly). I did not want to use Log4j in
> velocity, since FOP in
> > any case uses logkit.
> >
> > Any ideas on how to make this easier? Should widely used
> components be more
> > circumspect on API changes, and go thru a much longer
> deprecation process?
>
> I just tried the latest logkit, 1.0b5, and all is well
>
> I think I know what this is - there was a small bit of
> trouble a long while
> ago, so 1.1 would have the problem. 1.2 doesn't seem to, and
> it would be
> mighty appreciated if you would try the 1.2 nightly as is.
> The 1.2 nightly
> is very solid (release imminent), so there is little or no
> risk to your
> project.
>
> I am updating the jar and build.xml to use a version-numbered
> jar for this,
> as it makes things clearer for all.
>
> geir
>
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> Geir Magnusson Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> System and Software Consulting
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