For the record, I'm -1 to abandoning JDK1.2 support in [collections] ;-)

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From: "Rodney Waldhoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> For the record, while I'm +0 on moving toward JDK 1.5 support within
> collections, I'm certainly -1 on abandoning JDK 1.4 support in the near
> future.
>
> - Rod
>
> On Wed, 23 Jun 2004, Stephen Colebourne wrote:
>
> > While release 3.1 is being tidied up (still time to vote ;-), I thought
I'd
> > just put out a note about JDK1.5.
> >
> > One of the key enhancements in JDK1.5 is generics which allows typed
classes
> > using the angle bracket notation. The biggest area this impacts is
> > collections. Clearly questions have to be raised as to how this affects
> > [collections].
> >
> > So far, I have done no work to see if [collections] will compile under
> > JDK1.5. My expectation is that it will, but there are no guarantees.
> >
> > To take full advantage of generics will involve a considerable rewrite
of
> > [collections]. It will affect every class, and produce a version that
only
> > compiles on JDK1.5. I have no doubt that Sun spent many mandays changing
the
> > JDK classes to achieve this update.
> >
> > Personally, I have no plans to update [collections] to JDK1.5 (no itch,
too
> > much effort). If anyone else does, feel free to come in and either
change
> > [collections], or (more likely) create a new [collections15] project.
> >
> > Stephen
>
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