On Dec 30, 2003, at 3:41 PM, David Graham wrote:
--- "Noel J. Bergman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:This has come up in regards to using some of java.nio in Commons/Netalso.I say we leave the last release as 1.1 compatible and move on to using
1.4+ for new versions.
Personally, I use JVM 1.4+, myself. However, everytime we do a survey
on
server-user, we get emphatic feedback from our users to preserve support
for
JVM 1.3.1. Before dropping support for pre-1.4 systems, perhaps it
would be
a good idea to raise the question on the user list?
There will always be users that will complain when changing Java versions.
The only semi-valid reason I've heard to not upgrade to 1.4 is that
product X requires 1.3 and product X is expensive.
IMO, if the component needs 1.4 then you should move to 1.4. The previous
1.3 compatible version of the component will still work after the change.
Product X shouldn't stand in the way of innovation :-).
Don't forget that not all platforms have 1.4 or a mature 1.4 that people trust. it too a while for apple to get 1.4 out to OS X - I wouldn't use OS X in production of course, but it's my development platform...
geir
David
There are also ways to support pre-1.4 while still gaining the advantage
of
1.4+ systems when available.
--- Noel
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