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Jeff,

yep. All 3 points are status quo w.r.t Axis2 1.3.

- -- dims

Jeff Barrett wrote:
| Hi Folks,
|
| If we choose to stay on 1.4, remember that JAXWS requires Java 1.5 (due to
| the spec-required use of generics).  I think there are a couple of modules
| that require Java 1.5 to build.  Also note that in order to run the JAXWS
| 2.1 TCK, that will also require Java 1.5 since the TCK will test the use
| of generics.
|
| So, staying on Java 1.4 and supporting JAXWS probably means something
| like:
| - We have to be building with Java 1.5  to get JAXWS built
| - We state that Axis2 can be run on 1.4 without JAXWS (as was true in the
| past)
| - To use Axis2 with JAXWS, you have to use Java 1.5
|
| Thanks,
| Jeff
|
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|
| "Jeremy Hughes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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| 02/27/2008 05:15 AM
| Please respond to
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| To
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| Subject
| Re: [Axis2] Moving Axis2 code base into JDK 1.5
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| +1 to moving to Java 5. I think maintenance releases could be key in
| keeping those users tied to Java 1.4, interested in Axis2 until
| they're ready to move up to Java 5 themselves.
|
| Jeremy
|
| On 27/02/2008, Paul Fremantle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
|> Yes I guess that makes sense.
|>  However, its most likely that we would roll up whatever is in the
| trunk.
|>  I guess that there might be also end up being a 1.4.1 maintenance
|>  release as well.
|>
|>
|>  Paul
|>
|>
|>  On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 10:36 AM, Michele Mazzucco
|>  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
|>  > Paul,
|>  >
|>  >  if so, I think release 1.4 should focus on fixing as much bugs as
|>  >  possible, not on adding new features.
|>  >
|>  >  Michele
|>  >
|>  >
|>  >
|>  >  On 27 Feb 2008, at 09:59, Paul Fremantle wrote:
|>  >
|>  >  > My concern is that I think there has been a lot of work done since
| the
|>  >  > last release and the JDK1.4 users will never get that benefit.
|>  >  >
|>  >  > So - how about this for a plan.
|>  >  >
|>  >  > Release 1.4 asap based on JDK 1.4.
|>  >  > Then do a 1.5 release *very soon after* based on JDK1.5.
|>  >  >
|>  >  > That way even the names match :)
|>  >  >
|>  >  > Axis2 1.4 can be the last major release targeted at JDK1.4.
|>  >  >
|>  >  > As for 1.5, I think in fact it will need two releases - once we
| start
|>  >  > targeting 1.5 we probably need to do some 1.5 specific stuff like
|>  >  > generating code that takes advantage of generics.
|>  >  >
|>  >  > Paul
|>  >  >
|>  >  > On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 6:28 AM, Dennis Sosnoski
| <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
|>  >  > wrote:
|>  >  >>  From my experiences working with companies moving to Axis2 I'd
| say
|>  >  >>  about half are still using JDK 1.4. If they can't count on that
|>  >  >> support
|>  >  >>  being maintained I think they're likely to reconsider adopting
|>  >  >> Axis2.
|>  >  >>  Just having an archived 1.3 version of Axis2 won't be enough to
|>  >  >> convince
|>  >  >>  them, unless they're already committed to moving to JDK 1.5
| anyway.
|>  >  >>
|>  >  >>  It seems like bad timing to give up one of the major advantages
|>  >  >> of Axis2
|>  >  >>  over the Glassfish code and such. So -0 from me.
|>  >  >>
|>  >  >>   - Dennis
|>  >  >>
|>  >  >>  --
|>  >  >>  Dennis M. Sosnoski
|>  >  >>  SOA and Web Services in Java
|>  >  >>  Axis2 Training and Consulting
|>  >  >>  http://www.sosnoski.com - http://www.sosnoski.co.nz
|>  >  >>  Seattle, WA +1-425-939-0576 - Wellington, NZ +64-4-298-6117
|>  >  >>
|>  >  >>
|>  >  >>
|>  >  >>
|>  >  >>
|>  >  >>  Deepal Jayasinghe wrote:
|>  >  >>> Hi all ,
|>  >  >>>
|>  >  >>> As you might remember few months back Glen asked the list about
|>  >  >>> moving
|>  >  >>> to JDK 1.5 and I think we got very positive feedback. So I
|>  >  >>> thought of
|>  >  >>> asking again and change the code to work with JDK 1.5 . The main
|>  >  >>> reason behind sending this mail is due the dependency we have
| for
|>  >  >>> annogen. As I can see that project is dead one and there is no
|>  >  >>> development happening so I do not think it is a good idea to
|>  >  >>> depend on
|>  >  >>> such a project. In the meantime we have few issues with annogen
| as
|>  >  >>> well ,first  inner class problem (I have locally fixed that both
| in
|>  >  >>> Axis2 and Annogen will commit soon) , second is the final class
|>  >  >>> problem. I request a release from annogen after the changes that
|>  >  >>> Dims
|>  >  >>> did , but we did not get any reply so far.
|>  >  >>>
|>  >  >>> We all know that we get better annotation support from JDK 1.5
| so if
|>  >  >>> we move to JDK 1.5 we can get rid of the annogen dependency and
|>  >  >>> we can
|>  >  >>> just use JDK for annotation processing.  Other problem is
| generic
|>  >  >>> support , if we move to JDK 1.5 we can have generic support in
| our
|>  >  >>> POJOs.  In addition to POJO we can get better concurrent support
| in
|>  >  >>> JDK 1.5 as well.
|>  >  >>>
|>  >  >>> So if we move to JDK 1.5 we can get better support , and I do
| not
|>  >  >>> think any advantage of staying in 1.4 . If some user want to use
|>  >  >>> Axis2
|>  >  >>> in JDK 1.4 they can happily use Axis2 1.3 , which is very stable
|>  >  >>> version and working fine in 1.4 and 1.5.
|>  >  >>>
|>  >  >>> If any user or developers have any concern on moving to JDK 1.5
|>  >  >>> please
|>  >  >>> come forward and reply to this mail that will be very helpful
| for
|>  >  >>> all
|>  >  >>> of us.
|>  >  >>>
|>  >  >>> Here is my +1 for moving to JDK 1.5 to and release Axis2 1.4 in
|>  >  >>> JDK 1.5
|>  >  >>>
|>  >  >>> Thank you,
|>  >  >>> Deepal
|>  >  >>>
|>  >  >>>
|>  >  >>>
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