+1 Greets Claus
Jukka Zitting schrieb: > Hi, > > Picking up a topic from last summer... > > On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 2:36 PM, Jukka Zitting <jukka.zitt...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 3:14 PM, Stefan Guggisberg >> <stefan.guggisb...@day.com> wrote: >>> i'd be ok with moving to java 5 if we get agreement in the jcr 283 eg >>> to raise the system requirements as well. >> I'll bring the issue up with the expert group. Basically, I see four options: >> >> 1) JSR 283 specifies Java 5 as the platform for JCR 2.0 >> 2) JSR 283 allows the reference implementation to be Java 5 -based >> even if the spec and the TCK are based on Java 1.4 >> 3) We use Java 1.4 up to the point when the JSR 283 RI is branched, >> and upgrade to Java 5 for the Jackrabbit 2.0 release (i.e. we wouldn't >> use many Java 5 features in 2.0, but would open the door for more Java >> 5 stuff in other 2.x releases) >> 4) We stick with Java 1.4 for now >> >> My personal preference would be option 2 or 3, depending on what the >> JSR 283 EG thinks. > > There were no big passions about this in the EG, but it seems clear > that the JSR 283 spec itself will still use Java 1.4 as the base > platform. > > I would propose that we go with option 2, i.e. make Jackrabbit 2.0 > require Java 5. This will give us a number of nice language features, > many new standard library features (most notably > java.util.concurrent), and avoids problems with dependencies that > already require Java 5. Also, Sun's Java 1.4 reached End Of Service > Life status three months ago (after a two-year transition period), so > there is a strong case for not needing support the platform anymore. > > BR, > > Jukka Zitting >
