On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 2:19 PM, Jukka Zitting <jukka.zitt...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Commons IO trunk is already using Java 5 features (which is nice), but > I was wondering about how we can make the next IO release usable in > environments that still run Java 1.4. For example I've just added a > few extra classes (see IO-192 and IO-193) that I'd like to start using > in projects like Apache Jackrabbit that still target Java 1.4 as the > base platform. > > One option that we use in Apache Tika is the Maven retrotranslator > plugin. It produces an extra retrotranslated version of the jar > artifact for use in Java 1.4 environments. Another option is to > maintain a separate branch for a Java 1.4 (or older) version of > Commons IO. > Any thoughts on this?
We created a branch before the Java 1.5 changes were started: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/commons/proper/io/branches/IO_1_4_BRANCH/ I think the new Java5 stuff in trunk should be released as IO 2.0 - so we could release a IO 1.5 version that is for JDK 1.4. Having said that JDK 1.4 is so old now I don't really think we should bother supporting it and just focus on getting a release of the latest stuff out. Niall > BR, > > Jukka Zitting --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
