Shane: On 02/06/02 14:46, "Shane Curcuru" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ---- you Carlos Araya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote ---- >> Some of us do not have the luxury of dictating what our customers > would use, >> How I wish it was different sometimes. So what you're saying if I > understand >> correctly is from 2.3 on screw everyone who is limited on the > platforms they >> can deploy in and let's only worry about the cutting edge. That makes > for a >> very lousy development strategy. > > On one hand, I definitely understand your 'non-luxury' viewpoint (and > whoever mentioned MacOS 9 which doesn't yet have JDK 1.2!) - I often am > disappointed I try to use new software that makes a ton of assumptions > about my environment, like requiring newer JDKS/other installed > tools/special OS settings/whatever. > > On the other hand, don't forget: this is open source, Apache-style. > That's why I said: I was replying to the specific point made in the message I replied to and not trying to make assumptions about the Xerces project. > >> sc> This is essentially a call for a vote by the Xalan committers >> sc> and call for comments from the Xalan community > > in my original reply to Joseph. All the community members need to have > time to discuss this and present their feedback. At some point along > the process, the committers also should have a vote on this issue. > > While we certainly try to listen to the community as much as we can, > it's still the committers who are doing the work, and de facto the > committers who get to vote on the policy. Users who want to influence > the project even more are always welcome to do more work, submit a > bunch of patches, and get voted in as committers themselves... 8-) > > Oh: a side note: if we do drop 1.1x support, then there's nothing to > stop someone from taking 2.3 and creating a branch to continue a 1.1x > supported Xalan 2.3.xyz version - either on your own, or if you can > become a committer in our cvs. > > - Shane > (Did that make any sense? Sorry to be so pedantic, but at times like > these understanding the structure of the ASF and the subprojects really > makes a difference) It makes perfect sense and it certainly it's not pedantic. I overreacted a little over how the subject was approached on the message I replied to. I also understand that community votes only count as advisory votes, not something that is written in stone. Thanks for at least letting us voice our concerns -- Carlos E. Araya ---+ WebCT Administrator/Trainer P | California Virtual Campus - | C/O De Anza College G | 21250 Stevens Creek Blvd ---+ Cupertino, CA 95014 email [EMAIL PROTECTED] web http://www.cvc1.org/ (work) http://www.silverwolf-net.net (personal) phone 408 257 0420 (work) PGP Fingerprint: E629 5DFD 7EAE 4995 E9D7 3D2F 5A9F 0CE7 DFE7 1756 "Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons....for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup and mayonnaise.."
