Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-jakarta-avalon-phoenix-dev-archive@apache.org Received: (qmail 60714 invoked from network); 19 May 2002 05:28:09 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO nagoya.betaversion.org) (192.18.49.131) by daedalus.apache.org with SMTP; 19 May 2002 05:28:09 -0000 Received: (qmail 5341 invoked by uid 97); 19 May 2002 05:28:16 -0000 Delivered-To: qmlist-jakarta-archive-avalon-phoenix-dev@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 5298 invoked by uid 97); 19 May 2002 05:28:15 -0000 Mailing-List: contact avalon-phoenix-dev-help@jakarta.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Help: List-Post: List-Id: "Avalon-Phoenix Developers List" Reply-To: "Avalon-Phoenix Developers List" Delivered-To: mailing list avalon-phoenix-dev@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 5275 invoked by uid 98); 19 May 2002 05:28:14 -0000 X-Antivirus: nagoya (v4198 created Apr 24 2002) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Peter Donald To: "Avalon-Phoenix Developers List" Subject: Re: Phoenixs Deprecated features Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 12:33:08 +1000 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.4] References: <200205110018.44407.peter@apache.org> In-Reply-To: <200205110018.44407.peter@apache.org> X-Wisdom: A right is not what someone gives you; it's what no one can take from you. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <200205191233.08825.peter@apache.org> X-Spam-Rating: daedalus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N X-Spam-Rating: daedalus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N Hi This will have been completed by the end of today. On Sat, 11 May 2002 00:18, Peter Donald wrote: > Hi, > > I am slowly going through and preparing Phoenix for another release. Th= is > involves cleaning up bits and pieces and making sure everything that is > supposed to work, actually works. > > Some of the following things are deprecated and have been for a while. = I > would like to know if anyone is using any of these features and if so t= ell > me so they can be preserved. > > NOTE: Please send replies to the avalon-phoenix-dev mailing list so tha= t > this can be coordinated in one place. > > Heres the list of changes that I want to implement. If there is no nega= tive > responses by next weekend I will go ahead and do it. > > -----------------------------------------------------------------------= ---- >------------- Feature: Threads pools accessible from BlockContext > Deprecated since: 2001/09/20 > > ie The check if the following methods are used anywhere in your code. > BlockContext.getThreadPool(String) > BlockContext.getDefaultThreadPool() > -----------------------------------------------------------------------= ---- >------------- Feature: BaseLogger accessible from BlockContext > Deprecated since: Sometime before 2001/04/27 > > ie The check if the following methods are used anywhere in your code. > BlockContext.getBaseLogger() > -----------------------------------------------------------------------= ---- >------------- Feature: Using elements named "block-listener" in assembly= =2Exml > Deprecated since: 2002/01/26 > > ie the correct element name is now so as not to confuse > differences between Block and Applicaiton Listeners. > -----------------------------------------------------------------------= ---- >------------- Feature: Using config elements named"management" to expose > services as MBeans Was only Non-deprecated between 2002/01/12 and > 2002/01/25 > > ie the correct element name is > -----------------------------------------------------------------------= ---- >------------- Feature: Using Service class > Deprecated since: 2001/09/25 > > Deprecated with no replacement. > -----------------------------------------------------------------------= ---- >------------- Feature: Old .sar packaging format > Deprecated since: 2001/10/22 > > The .sar format previously allowed all blocks to be stored in > blocks/*.bar and libraries to be stored in lib/*.zip, lib/*.jar. This h= as > been changed so that all jars/libraries are stored in SAR-INF/lib/*.jar= and > also allows class files in SAR-INF/classes. The configuration files hav= e > also moved into SAR-INF/*.xml > -----------------------------------------------------------------------= ---- >------------- Feature: Directly Using LogKit Logger > Deprecated since: 2001/10/31 > > We have been using a Logging facade (in o.a.a.framework.logger.*) for a > while now but have had to support the old form of using the LogKit logg= er > directly. Dropping support for non-facade would allow us to remove yet > another dependenancy from deployed applications (and allow us to use JD= K1.4 > Logging where supported). > -----------------------------------------------------------------------= ---- >------------- Feature: Use old config file name server.xml > Deprecated since: 2001/11/10 > > SAR-INF/server.xml was renamed to SAR-INF/environment.xml because phoen= ix > and this configuration was not specific to servers but to the environme= nt > in which the applicaiton executes. > -----------------------------------------------------------------------= ---- >------------- --=20 Cheers, Peter Donald -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: For additional commands, e-mail: