Paul = Paul Kinnucan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Paul > I considered doing this but it would have entailed a lot of extra
coding
Paul > and I was anxious to get JDE 2.1.5 released. This is part of a
larger
Paul > problem of how to make switching JDK's easy. My own fervent hope is
that
Paul > JDK 1.1.x will just go away. However, if it hangs around and there
is
Paul > enough interest, I'll look at providing some sort of JDK switching
Paul > capability or perhaps someone else can propose a strategy.
I haven't had to work with both JDKs yet but I may have to soon. I was
thinking that I would be able to switch easily between JDK 1.1.x and JDK
1.2 by defining all the necessary settings and saving them in a project
file. Wouldn't this provide an easy way to switch JDKs? Of course,
that's assuming that you're not using both JDKs for the same project.
(Would anyone actually want to do that?)
With regards to your hopes that JDK 1.1.x will just go away, well, I'm a
little skeptical. Many Java developers (such as myself) live in a world
where things like multi-platform browser support is a prime concern, and
I'm not convinced that multi-platform browser support for JDK 1.2 is that
close.
Ryan Chase
DB2 UDB Administration Tools
[EMAIL PROTECTED], (416) 448 4035
IBM Toronto Lab
Paul Kinnucan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 04/22/99 04:52:45 PM
Please respond to Paul Kinnucan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Jason Gillis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
cc: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (bcc: Ryan
Chase/Toronto/IBM)
Subject: RE: invalid flags
At 04:14 PM 4/22/99 -0700, Jason Gillis wrote:
>Hi Paul,
>
> This is something that has bothered me as well. I've got to work
>with JDK 1.2 and 1.1, but there are enough differences in the command line
>behaviour that JDE doesn't work well for switching quickly between the
two.
>
> Is there some way that some sort of compatibility switch can be
>added so that if it is on, then the JDK 1.1 flags will be used, and if it
is
>off, then it defaults to JDK 1.2? The biggest reason for this would be
>because of the differences in the way that the JDKs handle the -classpath
>option on the command line.
>
Hi Jason,
I considered doing this but it would have entailed a lot of extra coding
and I was anxious to get JDE 2.1.5 released. This is part of a larger
problem of how to make switching JDK's easy. My own fervent hope is that
JDK 1.1.x will just go away. However, if it hangs around and there is
enough interest, I'll look at providing some sort of JDK switching
capability or perhaps someone else can propose a strategy.
- Paul
