Jeremy, OK. In principle, I think Java 5 has been around so long that most people would be on it, but unless we are actually getting some benefit from it, then we may as well stay on Java 1.4 in order to maximize the potential number of users.
-- Arthur On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 12:37 PM, Jeremy Hughes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Arthur, I was just proposing starting a branch to act as a sandbox > to experiment with Java 5 features that we might want to use. I don't > think we should cut over to Java 5 until Axis2 does. Even at that > point, we might not want to exploit Java 5, but it would be a good > opporunity to start something simple. > > So, if anyone's interested then I'll start a branch (which can be > dumped later if we don't like it) and start a wiki page to summarise > where we might make use of Java 5 - certainly in the API, and maybe > internally. > > Cheers, > Jeremy > > On 27/02/2008, Arthur Ryman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'd like to see a concrete proposal for what Java 5 features we should > use > > before we decide to cutover. > > > > -- Arthur > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 10:11 AM, Jeremy Hughes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > It would be good to investigate what we can do to improve the API > > > given that we can use Java 5 features such as generics. How about a > > > branch for that so that we can be as ready as possible when/if Axis2 > > > make the switch. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Jeremy > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 27/02/2008, Lawrence Mandel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > +1 > > > > > > > > Woden has also discussed a move to Java 5 and the dev team was in > > favour > > > > of this move. As Axis2 depends on Woden we cannot consider this > move > > > > unless Axis2 also moves. > > > > > > > > Lawrence > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Deepal Jayasinghe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > 02/26/2008 11:15 PM > > > > Please respond to > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > To > > > > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > > > > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > cc > > > > > > > > Subject > > > > [Axis2] Moving Axis2 code base into JDK 1.5 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi all , > > > > > > > > As you might remember few months back Glen asked the list about > moving > > > > to JDK 1.5 and I think we got very positive feedback. So I thought > of > > > > asking again and change the code to work with JDK 1.5 . The main > reason > > > > behind sending this mail is due the dependency we have for annogen. > As > > I > > > > can see that project is dead one and there is no development > happening > > > > so I do not think it is a good idea to depend on such a project. In > the > > > > meantime we have few issues with annogen as well ,first inner > class > > > > problem (I have locally fixed that both in Axis2 and Annogen will > > commit > > > > soon) , second is the final class problem. I request a release from > > > > annogen after the changes that Dims did , but we did not get any > reply > > > > so far. > > > > > > > > We all know that we get better annotation support from JDK 1.5 so > if we > > > > move to JDK 1.5 we can get rid of the annogen dependency and we can > > just > > > > use JDK for annotation processing. Other problem is generic > support , > > > > if we move to JDK 1.5 we can have generic support in our POJOs. In > > > > addition to POJO we can get better concurrent support in JDK 1.5 as > > well. > > > > > > > > So if we move to JDK 1.5 we can get better support , and I do not > think > > > > any advantage of staying in 1.4 . If some user want to use Axis2 in > JDK > > > > 1.4 they can happily use Axis2 1.3 , which is very stable version > and > > > > working fine in 1.4 and 1.5. > > > > > > > > If any user or developers have any concern on moving to JDK 1.5please > > > > come forward and reply to this mail that will be very helpful for > all > > of > > > > us. > > > > > > > > Here is my +1 for moving to JDK 1.5 to and release Axis2 1.4 in JDK > 1.5 > > > > > > > > Thank you, > > > > Deepal > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
