OK, mercy.... uncle.... stop you guys are right :-). We are working on
it. We have had something in the works for quite some time. I agree that
this is a serious issue. It is something we hope to resolve *very* soon.
Gary Gregory wrote:
> +1.
>
> Gary
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brandon Franklin [mailto:brandon_at_thoughtriver.com]
> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 12:10
> To: JAXB-INTEREST_at_JAVA.SUN.COM
> Subject: Patching JAXB
>
> So, with this new release of JAXB, which is AWESOME by the way...I think a
> different problem is illustrated.
>
> I know we've already discussed the bunding of JAXB with the larger
> JWSDP. I
> understand the reasoning and I guess that topic's settled. However, it
> seems that Sun might consider some kind of a slipstream patching approach,
> at the very least for JAXB.
>
> Consider that within less than 24 hours of this release, in this mailing
> list alone there have already been bugs reported and fixed. What if they
> were really serious? Would everybody have to wait for JWSDP 1.3 before the
> fixes were seen?
>
> What I'm wondering is if patch releases like JAXB 1.0.1_01 could be
> integrated into the JWSDP release on the website without a big revision
> process, and a "new release" and all that. JWSDP 1.2 was released with no
> beta period, so there was no chance for us to find these problems before
> the
> "official" release.
>
> Would Sun be willing to consider that? Maybe even something like JWSDP
> 1.2_01? I don't know...but it seems like it would be a smart move.
>
> Thanks,
> -Brandon
> Thought River South
>