First all, I vote <ballot> +1 [ ] Yes, remove the LE distribution -1 [ ] No, keep both distributions </ballot>
Next, I'd like to make this clear: Tomcat 5 is based on JSP 2.0 spec, which requires J2SE 1.4. Therefore Tomcat 5 also can't run without J2SE 1.4 ideally. However, I found that the new catalina engine and jasper 2 compiler for Tomcat 5 don't mandate so. Is J2SE 1.4(or later) necessary for Tomcat 5? Or does Tomcat 5 support J2SE 1.3(or earlier) for backward compatibitity with disabled JSP 2 feature? My opinion on this issue is that Tomcat 5 should have J2SE 1.4 in compliance with JSP 2.0 spec basically. IAS -----Original Message----- From: Remy Maucherat [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 2:24 AM To: Tomcat Developers List Subject: [5.0] [VOTE] Removal of the LE distribution Hi all, Before starting to release 5.0.x milestones, I would like to propose having only one distribution for Tomcat 5.0.x, and standardize on what the LE distribution contains (so well, it's more the other distribution which gets removed). It has some advantages: - it is slightly smaller (less these days now that the XML parser has to be shipped again with Tomcat) - runs as-is on JDK 1.3 (because of the Xerces inclusion) - 99% Apache or Apache-style licence (the JDBC 2 standard extension is needed for JDK 1.3 DataSource support :-() - less user confusion The main "problem" is that the user will need additional downloads for some of the more advanced features, and the package will also not run on JDK 1.2 as is (but from what I've seen, JDK 1.2 compatibility may not be a priority for developers). <ballot> +1 [ ] Yes, remove the LE distribution -1 [ ] No, keep both distributions </ballot> Remy -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
