On Thursday, 12/13/2001 at 11:28 CET, "Geert Poels" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why does Sun take a beta release and why include it by default ?
Why include by default: For the convenience of folks who don't want to have to explicitly download it from Apache. Why a beta: Presumably because that's what fits their own publication schedules. Yeah, I know, but if the alternative would be for them to include a completely obsolete version.... The real issue here is not that they're shipping beta code, but that they've included it on the extension classpath. That looked like a great idea, but has turned out to be a bit of an education nightmare for those who want to use newer versions of those extension packagess. If Sun could do anything to help Java users understand that feature, and help them understand what's there and how to override it with newer versions. that would be VERY helpful. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
