Hello all,
5 months after the release of iText 2.1.7, we're now releasing iText 5.
It took a long time to make this release, and we made a huge jump
in the version number for the following reasons:
1. We've upgraded the license to the AGPL as recommended by the
Free Software Foundation for any software which will commonly
be run over a network: http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses
2. The package names have changed from com.lowagie to com.itextpdf
That way, my name is no longer "part of the code". I've been
wanting to do this for a very long time because sometimes
people confuse me with the product ;-)
3. We're no longer compiling iText with the JDK 1.4, but with Java 5!
Note that we didn't introduce Java 5 syntax yet, so you may be
able to compile the jar with JDK 1.4 for a while.
4. We've moved the RTF package to a separate project on SF:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/itextrtf/
5. We've dropped plenty of obsolete functionality that hasn't
been supported for years.
For more details about these changes, see the changelog:
http://itextpdf.com/history.php?branch=history.50&node=500
Note that (1) may break the compatibility with the policy used for
your project. (2) will most certainly break all your existing code.
(3), (4), and (5) could also break your existing code.
In other words: it will be impossible to upgrade from the old iText
to iText 5. You'll need to take sufficient time to migrate.
best regards,
Bruno
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