Perhaps it would help the discussion if someone familiar with all the issues involved could post a bullet list of the pros and cons of keeping 1.1 support vs. dropping it. At least then everyone can point to specific items that support their opinion instead of just saying it's time for everyone to switch.
I personally don't care one way or the other since I am not working on the code, but if someone tells me something I might gain by dropping the 1.1 support, I might jump on the bandwagon. I do think a valid reason for switching is so the developers can use the newer JDK, even if it does not provide any other benefits (unhappy developers is definitely not a good thing, especially when it is a 'volunteer' effort), but it should be weighed against any other pros/cons. (unhappy clients is also not a good thing, because then the 'volunteers' are wasting their time on something nobody wants). Here is the list as far as I know: Pro - Developers can use JDK1.2 and stop worrying about 1.1 Con - Some clients will be forced to stay at older revision Is that all? Chris Shane Curcuru wrote: >A couple of notes: > >-1 to dropping JDK 1.1.8 support before our official 2.3 release >(within a week-ish) -sc > >+1 to dropping JDK 1.1.8 support after our 2.3 release; at this point >we would require a minium of JDK 1.2.2 to compile & run Xalan. -sc > >This is essentially a call for a vote by the Xalan committers and call >for comments from the Xalan community. If we don't hear clear comments >(and have volunteers to help) about changing this, you should assume >we'll make this change in the next few weeks. > >- Shane >(P.S. sorry Gary et al for dropping the ball on 1.1.8 compilation last >week... 8-) > >---- you [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote ---- > >>I know _we've_ all upgraded (except for folks running MSVJ+, whom >> >even > >>Microsoft has abandoned)... but when we asked this a year or so ago, >> >some > >>of you said you had customers who were absolutely unwilling to >> >upgrade. > >>I think it's time to ask whether that's still an issue, and whether >> >Xalan > >>wants to continue to cater to (and be limited by) that audience. >> >Sticking > >>with the older classes may be costing us performance, though that >> >hasn't > >>been firmly established yet. >>So: If we cut over, how loud will the explosion be? >> > >===== ><eof aka="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]"; > "http://www.otnemem.com/"=.sig /> > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! >http://greetings.yahoo.com > -- Chris P. McCabe - Senior Software Systems Architect Choice Hotels International - Information Technology [EMAIL PROTECTED] 602-953-4416
