You can find the JSP 2.0 requirement of J2SE 1.4 on Page 18, "Relation To JSP 1.2" Requiring the Java 2 platform, version 1.4 or later. and Page 20, "Related Documents" Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition http://java.sun.com/products/jdk/1.4
I have been very concerned with this requirement since JSP 2.0 spec was initiated. I also feel that this decision is quite revolutionary, so the new version deserves the number "2.0". I'll comment more to Craig's reply for summary. -----Original Message----- From: news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Costin Manolache Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 3:31 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [5.0] [VOTE] Removal of the LE distribution iasandcb wrote: > 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. What ??? Where did you find this info ? I read the JSP2.0 draft and didn't find such thing. It would be just stupid - I don't know any other spec to require more than Java2 (i.e. JDK1.2+). If the final spec is aproved and includes JDK1.4 requirements - then there's nothing we can do, we'll have to stop supporting 1.3 in the official tomcat distibution. But given that now the 2 specs are distinct - and some people use only the servlet spec, I think the servlet engine and connectors should remain JDK1.2+. Costin > > 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]> -- Costin -- 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]>
