Maintaining the backport as a separate branch is indeed a pain, however, I very much prefer keeping the java5 features in the trunk as I believe they provide a very real benefit. I'll volunteer now to be the one responsible for maintaining the separate image.
- James Paul Querna wrote: > James M Snell wrote: >> Current Abdera depends on a number of Java5 features. However, I've >> purposefully limited those dependencies to ones that are easy to >> backport to 1.4.2. There is a definite demand for a 1.4.2 >> implementation. One of the key reasons I would like to keep the parser >> and core branches as stable as possible is so that we can maintain a >> 1.4.2 branch that is periodically sync'd with the trunk. For each >> milestone, we would make both the Java5 and 1.4.2 versions available. > > I personally think a separate branch is a bad idea. Keeping two > branches that are otherwise identical is generally a pain in the ass. > > If there really is a need for 1.4.2 compat, is there any reason to not > do that in trunk, since it would still work with 1.5? > > -Paul > > > > > > > > > > > >
