Re: Fwd: Poll: JDK 1.3 support

From: Robert Zeigler (rdzeigl...arizona.edu)
Date: Wed Sep 28 2005 - 22:44:32 EDT

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    +1

    Robert

    Andrus Adamchik wrote:
    > Hi folks,
    >
    > This discussion started on cayenne-devel, but as Mike Kienenberger
    > pointed out, this is of interest to all users, so I am transferring it
    > here. So far the consensus was that Cayenne 1.1.x should maintain JDK
    > 1.3 compatibility for as long as needed, while 1.2 should go JDK 1.4
    > all the way.
    >
    > The decision has not been made yet. Any comments?
    >
    > Andrus
    >
    >
    > Begin forwarded message:
    >
    >> From: Andrus Adamchik <andru..bjectstyle.org>
    >> Date: September 28, 2005 3:41:39 PM EDT
    >> To: Cayenne Devel <cayenne-deve..bjectstyle.org>
    >> Subject: Poll: JDK 1.3 support
    >> Reply-To: cayenne-deve..bjectstyle.org
    >>
    >>
    >> I was wondering if there any users out there who deploy on JDK 1.3?
    >> Ok, I know there are WebObjects installations out there that use JDK
    >> 1.1.8, but we won't go that far :-) ... Any major J2EE container
    >> vendor shipped versions in the past 2 years that do not support 1.4?
    >>
    >> I'd like to eventually clean up the code, ridding it from 1.3
    >> workarounds (such as no nested exceptions support, a need to use
    >> third-party regexps, collections, etc.). Also it is an issue of
    >> testing - it takes extra time to test with 1.3... So maybe not in
    >> Cayenne 1.2, but maybe in 1.2.1 we can do such switch.
    >>
    >> Any comments?
    >>
    >> Andrus
    >>
    >>
    >



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