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Subject: Re: JDK 1.1.8 problems
From: Oleg Kalnichevski <olegk@apache.org>
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On Tue, 2003-09-23 at 22:16, Michael Becke wrote:
> How much work was involved in the port?  

It took me just a few hours, but I have to say I know quite a bit about
HttpClient's internals. 

> Is it something that will be 
> maintainable?
> 

This year release is going to be the last one with JRE 1.1 support as
far as my application is concerned. I doubt I would actively maintain
the port myself. Unless someone else steps in, the port would be pretty
much unmaintainable.

Oleg


> Mike
> 
> Oleg Kalnichevski wrote:
> > Folks,
> > I just finished porting HttpClient 2.0rc1 to JRE 1.1. If there's enough
> > interest I'll put a semi-official HttpClient fork on SourceForge.org for
> > those who, like me ,still have to support Java 1.1 platforms. 
> > Any strong opinions for or against it?
> > 
> > Cheers
> > 
> > Oleg
> > 
> > 
> > On Thu, 2003-08-14 at 21:36, David.Cowan@apcc.com wrote:
> > 
> >>Not extremely urgent, but I would definately be interested in using it when
> >>you make it available.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> >>                    "Kalnichevski, Oleg"                                                                                        
> >>                    <oleg.kalnichevski@bearing        To:     "Commons HttpClient Project"                                      
> >>                    point.com>                        <commons-httpclient-dev@jakarta.apache.org>                               
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> >>                    08/14/2003 10:45 AM               Subject:     RE: JDK 1.1.8 problems                                       
> >>                    Please respond to "Commons                                                                                  
> >>                    HttpClient Project"                                                                                         
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> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>Odi, I was thinking about it. I do not mind making my Java 1.1 fork
> >>available. The trouble is that it is quite outdated. There is a very high
> >>likelihood that I will get a chance to update it before December this year,
> >>but I would like to wait as long as I can in order to base it on one of our
> >>2.1-beta releases (hopefully coming out by that time). As far as I am
> >>concerned 2.0 is already a legacy platform.
> >>
> >>David, let me know how urgently you need a Java 1.1 compatible version of
> >>HttpClient. If waiting is an option, I'll happily share my HttpClient fork
> >>with you as soon as I get a chance to bring it up to date
> >>
> >>Oleg
> >>
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: Ortwin Gl�ck [mailto:ortwin.glueck@nose.ch]
> >>Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 5:37 PM
> >>To: Commons HttpClient Project
> >>Subject: Re: JDK 1.1.8 problems
> >>
> >>
> >>Oleg,
> >>
> >>just an idea: maybe you can open a sourceforge.net project with the
> >>1.1.8 version of HttpClient and share it with David. Should be
> >>compatible with the Apache License but still distinguish it from the
> >>'official' build.
> >>
> >>Odi
> >>
> >>Kalnichevski, Oleg wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>If you are able to sleep comfortably having shipped such a library to
> >>>your clients, good for you. I am not. Facing similar dilemma a year
> >>>ago I ended up forking HttpClient.
> >>>
> >>>Oleg
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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