Ferdinand Soethe wrote: > David Crossley wrote: > > >> >>- Set your Java version to be the lowest specified of our supported > >> >>versions. > >> > > >> >Where is the definitive info on the supported versions? The FAQ says > >> >we need Java 1.4 or better. Does that mean it has to be 1.4.0 or can > >> >it be 1.4.x > >> > >> 1.4.0 > > > Oooh, glad you asked that question. I was just going to use 1.4.1 > > Last time i did not use 1.3.0 rather 1.3.1 > > I think that we should test with 1.4 in its most current > fix-version and update our requirements to reflect that. > > If we test against 1.4.0 we might find bugs that result from bugs in > 1.4.0 and have been fixed in the more recent versions. And we might > not find bugs that have been introduced with these fixes. > > So we are hurting people that do what you should be doing (update your > java regularly to the latest fix version) to what end?
I have similar concerns. Using 1.4.0 sounds very risky. However we could not expect everyone to use the most recent 1.4.x So would a compromise of 1.4.1 be the most sensible? --David
