2009/6/6 Dennis Lundberg <[email protected]> > Here are the results of this vote. It was somewhat difficult to > summarize as some of the voters replied +1 to someone else's vote and > others voted on more than one option.
Maybe you can count my vote a 0.5 for [A] and 0.5 for [B] ;) > Feel free to correct my > interpretations below. > > > [A] Nicolas > > [B] Nicolas, Brian (my interpretation of what he wrote), Brett, Mark > (agreeing with Brett), Garvin, Dennis > > > I'll let this mail sit for a couple of days. Then I'll find a suitable > place in our development guidelines and insert [B] as our preferred way. > > Thanks for your votes and input. > > > Dennis Lundberg wrote: > > Hi > > > > Recent discussions about the Checkstyle Plugin has raised the question > > of requiring Java 5 in Maven Plugins. > > > > We will IIUC require Java 5 for Maven 2.2. So when do we start using it > > in our plugins? > > > > [A] We start using it across the board for the next release of every > > plugin that wants to use Java 5 features or needs a dependency that > > requires Java 5. > > > > [B] The plugins can start using Java 5 features and/or dependencies. It > > is required that the current trunk of the plugin is released first, > > targeting Java 1.4. In the announcement for that last Java 1.4 version > > of the plugin, we inform the users that this is the last version that > > will be able to run on Java 1.4. > > > > [C] The plugins should not use Java 5 features. We can use > > retrotranslator, or something similar, to handle dependencies that > > require Java 5. > > > > [D] The plugins should not use Java 5 features. We will not update > > dependencies unless a "-java14" classified artifact is readily available > > from the developers of any dependencies. > > > > > > If you feel that there are other options we can take, please feel free > > to put them into the mix. > > > > > -- > Dennis Lundberg > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
