Yeah, they probably does not know that someone needs their new release :)
2008/6/12, Sian January <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Yes, the latest available source does seem to support all the needed > features. There are a few useful methods that I would expect to see there > that are missing, but they can be worked around fairly easily. > > I agree in general that it's not good practice to unneccesarily switch to > unreleased versions, but in the case of BCEL when the last release was 2 > years ago and the code base has been very stable for a number of years due > to little active development I wouldn't think the risk is very high. Also > the only dependencies are from pack200 and Yoko, so it doesn't affect that > much of the class library. > > However I have been assuming that a 5.3 in the near future is unlikely, but > as you say it would be worth asking on their mailing list, so I will do that > first. > > Thanks, > > > Sian > > > On 12/06/2008, Alexey Petrenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Does latest available sources support all the needed features? > > We also can write a message BCEL developers to understand current > > status of the sources. It is probably not the best idea to switch to > > bleeding sources.. > > > > SY, Alexey > > > > 2008/6/12, Sian January <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > We're currently using BCEL 5.2 in Harmony, which is the latest released > > > version (from June 2006). However it doesn't support all the Java 5 > > class > > > file features, which is making it complicated to implement pack200 (and > > also > > > means that javap won't print Java 5 stuff properly when we have > > one). There > > > is support for these features in HEAD, but I don't think there's much > > active > > > development going on in BCEL and I can't find any information about when > > a > > > possible 5.3 might be released. > > > > > > I'd like to propose upgrading Harmony to the latest available source for > > > BCEL. Does that sound possible? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Sian > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Unless stated otherwise above: > > > IBM United Kingdom Limited - Registered in England and Wales with number > > > 741598. > > > Registered office: PO Box 41, North Harbour, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO6 > > 3AU > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Unless stated otherwise above: > IBM United Kingdom Limited - Registered in England and Wales with number > 741598. > Registered office: PO Box 41, North Harbour, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO6 3AU >
