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Subject: Re: Dropping JDK 1.2 support for Xerces-J (and possibly JDK 1.3? 1.4?
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From: Michael Glavassevich <mrglavas@ca.ibm.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 01:07:57 -0500
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Shane Curcuru <asf@shanecurcuru.org> wrote on 11/11/2008 08:08:50 AM:

> +1 to dropping 1.2 support.
>
> Please - be sure that the main website clearly lists the last release we
> think that Xerces worked on JDK version x.y.  Xerces is ubiquitous, and
> is used directly or within other products virtually everywhere.  While
> we don't need to spend developer time worrying about ancient JDK
> versions, we should make it clear where people who have to stay on
> legacy systems can get an appropriate release.

There's already an FAQ [1] and release notes [2] which say where we moved
from JDK 1.1 to 1.2. We'll just add to it.

> I'd love it if we ensured that we feature a prominent link and host the
> download for the zip/targz plus it's key file for "the last known good
> Xerces with JDK x.y" as we drop support for earlier releases.

If someone wants to pick up an old version they will always be in the
archives [3].

> Thanks for bringing the item up!
>
> - Shane

Thanks.

[1] http://xerces.apache.org/xerces2-j/faq-general.html#faq-11
[2] http://xerces.apache.org/xerces2-j/releases.html
[3] http://archive.apache.org/dist/xml/xerces-j/

Michael Glavassevich
XML Parser Development
IBM Toronto Lab
E-mail: mrglavas@ca.ibm.com
E-mail: mrglavas@apache.org
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<p><tt>Shane Curcuru &lt;asf@shanecurcuru.org&gt; wrote on 11/11/2008 08:08:50 AM:<br>
<br>
&gt; +1 to dropping 1.2 support.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; Please - be sure that the main website clearly lists the last release we <br>
&gt; think that Xerces worked on JDK version x.y. &nbsp;Xerces is ubiquitous, and <br>
&gt; is used directly or within other products virtually everywhere. &nbsp;While <br>
&gt; we don't need to spend developer time worrying about ancient JDK <br>
&gt; versions, we should make it clear where people who have to stay on <br>
&gt; legacy systems can get an appropriate release.<br>
</tt><br>
<tt>There's already an FAQ [1] and release notes [2] which say where we moved from JDK 1.1 to 1.2. We'll just add to it.</tt><br>
<tt><br>
&gt; I'd love it if we ensured that we feature a prominent link and host the <br>
&gt; download for the zip/targz plus it's key file for &quot;the last known good <br>
&gt; Xerces with JDK x.y&quot; as we drop support for earlier releases.<br>
</tt><br>
<tt>If someone wants to pick up an old version they will always be in the archives [3].</tt><br>
<tt><br>
&gt; Thanks for bringing the item up!<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; - Shane</tt><br>
<br>
<tt>Thanks.</tt><br>
<br>
<tt>[1] </tt><tt><a href="http://xerces.apache.org/xerces2-j/faq-general.html#faq-11">http://xerces.apache.org/xerces2-j/faq-general.html#faq-11</a></tt><br>
<tt>[2] </tt><tt><a href="http://xerces.apache.org/xerces2-j/releases.html">http://xerces.apache.org/xerces2-j/releases.html</a></tt><br>
<tt>[3] </tt><tt><a href="http://archive.apache.org/dist/xml/xerces-j/">http://archive.apache.org/dist/xml/xerces-j/</a></tt><br>
<br>
<tt>Michael Glavassevich<br>
XML Parser Development<br>
IBM Toronto Lab<br>
E-mail: mrglavas@ca.ibm.com</tt><br>
<tt>E-mail: mrglavas@apache.org</tt><tt><br>
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