Re: Question regarding Upward mobility for Mina and SLF4j with Apache FTP Server.

[Trustin Lee <tr...@gmail.com>]

Hi Niklas,

I am sorry for the late response first of all...

The only difference between 1.0.x and 1.1.x is Java 5 support, and
that's all.  All minor updates must be backward-compatible with its
previous minor updates.

HTH,
Trustin

On Nov 8, 2007 7:59 PM, Niklas Gustavsson <ni...@protocol7.com> wrote:
> Atul Gohad wrote:
> > Hello Niklas,
> >
> > When you say minor changes might be required to use Mina 1.1.2, are they
> > w.r.t. FTP Server functionality, or w.r.t. maven / build scripts so as to
> > package the upward versions? If they are w.r.t FTP Server functionality,
> > then any specific areas that need to be aware of ?
>
> I would recommend you to look into the change history of MINA 1.1. As I
> haven't look into this myself I'm afraid I can't give you any more
> detailed pointers. Possible Trustin (MINA developer) can you help you
> further, I've CCd him on this mail.
>
> /niklas
>
>
> >
> > Thanks and Regards,
> > Atul Gohad.
> >
> >
> > On 11/2/07, Niklas Gustavsson <ni...@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Atul Gohad wrote:
> >>> Hello Niklas / All,
> >>>
> >>> Thanks on the information. Have further 2 points to be clarified:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> 1. Understanding is that all of the Mina 1.1.* versions are for Java
> >>> 5.0compatibility, so then is Mina
> >>> 1.0.7 equivalent of Mina 1.1.4?
> >> No, I believe that there has been additional improvements to the 1.1
> >> branch. As we try to maintain a Java 1.4 compatibility, we'll remain on
> >> the 1.0 branch for now.
> >>
> >>> 2. Is it safe to assume that Mina 1.1.2 will be supported?
> >> I haven't tried so I won't know for sure. I'm guessing (very) minor
> >> updates on our end might be needed.
> >>
> >>> Additionally what part of Apache FTP Server funtionality needs to be
> >>> regressed so as to confirm compatibility with the latest of Mina? Any
> >>> information on specific test cases to be executed / areas to look into
> >> will
> >>> be helpful.
> >> I usually try to run our JUnit tests, they should give a fair workaround
> >> for the server. Then, different FTP clients work in different ways,
> >> which causes different behaviors on the server. But, over time we try to
> >> improve our tests by adding these type of cases as well.
> >>
> >> /niklas
> >>
> >>> Thanks and Regards,
> >>> Atul Gohad.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Oct 31, 2007 2:22 AM, Niklas Gustavsson <ni...@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>  Atul Gohad wrote:
> >>>>> Hi Niklas / all ,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Just had a question. Will the Apache FTP Server get affected in case
> >> we
> >>>> are
> >>>>> using the upward versions of SLF4J v1.4.3 and Mina framework.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I am not so sure on the coupling between Mina and Apache, and the
> >> impact
> >>>>> that it might have when we upgrade to higher versions of mina, rather
> >>>> that
> >>>>> the currently bundled 1.0.2? Understand that the SLF4J upward mobility
> >>>>> should be fine, as that is a light weight component, however, let me
> >>>> know if
> >>>>> my understanding is wrong.
> >>>>  Both MINA and SLF4J have been very stable when it comes to upgrades. I
> >>>> just updated our versions to SLF4J 1.4.3 and MINA 1.0.7 and ran our
> >>>> tests succesfully. The change has been checked into SVN.
> >>>>
> >>>> /niklas
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>
> >
>
>



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