On Fri, 2013-09-13 at 17:25 -0400, Gary Gregory wrote: > HttpClient 4.2 and 4.3 requires Java 5. > > Which components are you talking about? > > Gary >
I think the question is whether or not we should retain 1.5 compatibility for the next release series. I believe that 1.5 compatibility is becoming pointless. It is getting increasingly difficult to maintain while hardly helping us expand our user base. As far as know there is no even official way of obtaining a 1.5 JDK from Oracle. However having said all that I also have to admit that Java 1.6 does not really bring a lot in terms of new features. We probably should also consider upgrading straight to Java 1.7 in order to get full try with resources support and NIO2. I suggest that we take this discussion to the user list and start a poll on a minimal JRE level for the next release series. Oleg > > On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 2:37 PM, Ryan McKinley <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Now that a release is out, is it worth asking about 1.5 support? > > > > Obviously we should not change the system requirements unless there is a > > clear gain. > > > > Thoughts? > > > > ryan > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
