On 2017-04-20 Mukul Gandhi wrote:
>
> Xerces-J 2.12.0 would comprise of two Xerces-J releases:
>
> One release will be from the trunk ... and its XML Schema component 
> will be at 1.0 level. This release would run on JDK 1.3 min.
>
> Another release ... will provide support for XML Schema 1.1.
> This release would run on JDK 1.4 min.

It sounds like artificial splitting just to keep support for Java 1.3...

>From end-user point of view I would be confused when browsing maven
repository. I would have to find some documentation and investigate the
purpose of each version...

Java 1.3? In my POV the support for EOLed versions of (any) software is
beneficial only for attackers as they have easier way to compromise the
target system.

Switching to more recent Java version could help in fixing issues like this:
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/XERCESJ-1598

Jan


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