I don't see any problem to drop JDK 1.1, right now the only supported version of JDK is JDK 1.3.1_02.
And, it is very common for clients to install multiple versions of JDK on their system. If they are brave enough to try any version of Xalan, they will should be very comfortable with JDK 1.3 or 1.4. Andrew Duan Escalate, Inc. > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris McCabe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 3:37 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Second call: Does anyone still really require Java 1.1 > support? > > ... > > 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 > > >
