Java 5 SE runtime is a prerequisite for servlet 2.5 containers and hence for jee 5 and G 2.0. The users can not expect to run jee 5 on java 1.4. Please see an earlier discussion - http://www.nabble.com/Make-trunk-1.5-only%21-p7561513.html
Thanks Anita --- Jason Dillon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jan 12, 2007, at 8:53 AM, Kevan Miller wrote: > > On Jan 12, 2007, at 3:31 AM, Alan D. Cabrera wrote: > > > >> I think that we still need this. I didn't mind the move to JDK15 > > >> because users could always use retroweaver for earlier JDKs. We > >> still need this version of the spec for just such an occasion. > > > > Interesting. I certainly hadn't been thinking along these lines. > > When I last looked at Retroweaver it would provide most Java 5 > > language features, but not Java 5 SE runtime features. So, taken to > > > a logical conclusion, we'd be saying that G 2.0 cannot be dependent > > > upon any Java 5 SE unique runtime features (e.g. xml extensions, > > jmx, concurrency, ...). I'm pretty to commit to any backward > > compatibility for our J2EE assembly... > > I think we should be able to rely on the Java 5 SE features... since > > most users will be running in that environment, that is the > supported/ > required JVM level for 2.0. > > Users can *probably* get Java 1.4 to work, but its not gonna be > working out of the box. > > --jason > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sucker-punch spam with award-winning protection. Try the free Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/features_spam.html
