> On Jun 5, 2017, at 1:35 PM, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 5 June 2017 at 21:06, Ralph Goers <ralph.go...@dslextreme.com > <mailto:ralph.go...@dslextreme.com>> wrote: >> OK. Who cares if their last release was Java 1.5? They will never release >> another version that supports it. > > Not sure who you mean by 'they' here.
They is any component whose latest release is on Java 1.5. > > This thread is about Commons components whose latest release is 1.5 or > earlier, and what to do about it now that Java 9+ no longer supports > 1.5 as a compiler option. The answer is clear. There is no problem using a component compiled for Java 5, so this discussion is only about performing new releases of things. Any component that has a latest release based on Java 5 will continue to lay dormant until someone wants to do a new release of it. If and when that happens the next release will use Java 6 or hopefully, Java 7 (since Java 6 has already reached end-of-life as well but has about another year before full end of support). There is no point in doing security fixes for anything based on Java 5 (or 6 in my opinion). This discussion about Java 9 is just a red herring as it is forcing you to have a discussion you really shouldn’t need to have. This upgrade should have been forced eons ago. Ralph
