Re: Barracuda still doesn't compile on JDK 1.3.1
Carlos Santiago <[email protected]>
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Hello Christian, thank you for your understanding and feedback. Unfortunately SCM is not one of my strongest areas. Denny, thank you for your quick suggestion too! - Carlos Christian Cryder wrote: > Hi Carlos, > > I hear you. It sounds like the consensus is "support JDK 1.3+ and Servlets > 2.3+" > > > Which reminds me to ask, are there plans to produce JAR versions > > of the latest sources of Barracuda? If not, what is the plan to > > produce "official" releases of Barracuda? > > We need to accelerate the release process, and intend to do so now we have > our own server. Ideally, we'll have daily builds available for download, > with a regular release every month or so. > > > With the argument described in my first paragraph in mind, it is > > more convenient for a project to present a version of library X > > to management, than just saying "we are using a CVS drop of > > month/day/year". > > I agree. > > The biggest hindrance to making all of this reality is primarily time - mine > is pretty limited right now. So we're working towards this as quickly as > possible, but it won't be there overnight. > > (*Subtle hint* - if there's anyone who wants to see this sooner rather than > later, we'd love volunteers to help us figure out how best to automate daily > builds and running the test suite...we have the machine, we just need > someone with interest/cycles to help make this happen) > > Christian > ---------------------------------------------- > Christian Cryder [[email protected]] > Internet Architect, ATMReports.com > Barracuda - http://barracudamvc.org > ---------------------------------------------- > "Coffee? I could quit anytime, just not today" > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Carlos Santiago > > Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 12:43 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [Barracuda] Barracuda still doesn't compile on JDK 1.3.1 > > > > > > Hello Christian, > > > > I agree with the approach of requiring the "latest and greatest" > > accross the board. But, keep in mind that many people do not > > have control whatsoever as to the base J2EE platform deployed > > across one's enterprise, or the speed of getting into the latest > > upgrades. In my case that is WLS 6.1 and soon WLS 7.0 w/JDK > > 1.3.1. The larger the company, it seems the more truth there is to > > this practice - a practice which makes some business sense too, > > btw (i.e. stability + additional business logic in apps. vs. constant > > technical upgrades). > > > > Which reminds me to ask, are there plans to produce JAR versions > > of the latest sources of Barracuda? If not, what is the plan to > > produce "official" releases of Barracuda? > > > > With the argument described in my first paragraph in mind, it is > > more convenient for a project to present a version of library X > > to management, than just saying "we are using a CVS drop of > > month/day/year". > > > > Good examples of the usefulness of frequent binary distros. are > > the Apache/Jakarta projects, which give the projects a sort > > of milestone measure, and helps me identify library versions up > > the food chain. > > > > Anyway, just keep these things in mind. Again, I agree with the > > philosophy of jumping into the latest ASAP, but in the corporate > > world it does not seem common for this philosophy to be shared > > by upper management, which migth result in minimizing the > > number of users that could use Barracuda. > > > > - Carlos > > > > Christian Cryder wrote: > > > > > Hi Jake,Maybe you are correct here...for some reason I was thinking > > > that the servlet apis were included with the JDK, but now that I think > > > about it that's probably not correct. So you are right - there > > > shouldn't be a hard tie between the servlet API and the JDK (or at > > > least not between 1.3 and 1.4).I agree that I would like to get to > > > officially requiring the 2.3 version of the servlet spec, but I also > > > know that appservers tend to lag a bit. So the question would be - how > > > many people would be impacted if we started using 2.3 features? In > > > other words, are there any folks out there who _couldn't_ get their > > > appservers to work with 2.3, and if so, when do they think they'll be > > > able to?Christian---------------------------------------------- > > > Christian Cryder [[email protected]] > > > Internet Architect, ATMReports.com > > > Barracuda - http://barracudamvc.org > > > ---------------------------------------------- > > > "Coffee? I could quit anytime, just not today" > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [email protected] > > > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Jacob > > > Kjome > > > Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 8:44 AM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: RE: [Barracuda] Barracuda still doesn't compile on > > > JDK 1.3.1 > > > > > > Hi Christian, > > > > > > Can you point out where servlet-2.3 requires j2sdk1.4.x? I > > > don't believe this statement is true at all. It may become > > > true in later specs (servlet-2.4 maybe?). However, I'm > > > pretty sure that servlet-2.3 has full compatibility with > > > JDK1.3.x. I don't think Tomcat requires j2sdk1.4.x so that > > > would be evidence that there is no such requirement. So, > > > the servlet-2.3 compatibility issue is, IMO, a completely > > > different one than the JDK issue. > > > > > > That said, I think we may want to start requiring > > > servlet-2.3. Tomcat-5.0 is well under development which > > > will support the 2.4 spec. I think it is time to take > > > advantage of the new stuff out there. Servlet-2.3 has too > > > many advantages over 2.2 to avoid using it. > > > > > > Jake > > > > > > At 08:30 AM 1/21/2003 -0700, you wrote: > > > > > > > This will increasingly become an issue as we want to take > > > > advantage of Servlet 2.3 functionality (I believe JDK 1.3 > > > > only supports Servlet 1.2). > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Barracuda mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://barracudamvc.org/lists/listinfo/barracuda > > _______________________________________________ > Barracuda mailing list > [email protected] > http://barracudamvc.org/lists/listinfo/barracuda