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
>  >>>
>  >>>
>  >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>  >>> -
>  >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>  >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>  >>>
>  >>
>  >>
>  >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>  >>  To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>  >>  For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>  >>
>  >>
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > --
>  > Paul Fremantle
>  > Co-Founder and VP of Technical Sales, WSO2
>  > OASIS WS-RX TC Co-chair
>  >
>  > blog: http://pzf.fremantle.org
>  > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>  >
>  > "Oxygenating the Web Service Platform", www.wso2.com
>  >
>  > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>  > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>  > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>  >
>
>
>  ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>  To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>  For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>



-- 
Paul Fremantle
Co-Founder and VP of Technical Sales, WSO2
OASIS WS-RX TC Co-chair

blog: http://pzf.fremantle.org
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

"Oxygenating the Web Service Platform", www.wso2.com

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Reply via email to