Perso, in 2012 I don't see any issue being 1.6 required. Especially for a component which is not used in core neither in any plugin.
2012/8/8 Robert Scholte <rfscho...@apache.org>: > In theory you're right about the timing, but the facts are different. It > seems like the larger the company, the slower the time. I've seen companies > still using jdk1.4 because they had a lot of trouble to upgrade to a newer > version of an application server. > The version of this JDK is not related to the version used by Maven, > although some think they should use the same JDK. > > JDK5's EOL was april 2008, I'm pretty sure Maven started requiring JDK5 a > lot of months (years?) after this date. > > Some time we should move to JDK6, but I don't think that time has come yet. > > Robert > > Op Wed, 08 Aug 2012 21:43:24 +0200 schreef Tamás Cservenák > <ta...@cservenak.net>: > > >> In short: Java6 EOL is coming in months now, users running 1.5 and below >> should really consider an upgrade. >> A bit longer: Java6 1st release happened in 2006, 6 years ago. In our >> profession, that is around 70 years old, 6 years corresponds to -- for >> example in optics (first known lenses are about 700 BC according to >> wikipedia) -- to roughly 233 years. So, in case you wear spectacles, would >> you wear these today http://www.sptddog.com/sotp/18thcent.jpg ? >> >> >> In essence: not really needed for now, as Lucene 3.6.1 is fine on Java5, >> and IOEx new constructor is used in very few places.... but we can go back >> in time for 233 years for now. >> >> >> Thanks, >> ~t~ >> >> On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 7:24 PM, Robert Scholte <rfscho...@apache.org> >> wrote: >> >>> What's the reason for the "Bumped MI to Java6 level."? >>> Looks like a potential issue to me (assuming a lot of projects still use >>> java5) >>> >>> -Robert >>> >>> Op Wed, 08 Aug 2012 18:29:41 +0200 schreef Olivier Lamy <ol...@apache.org >>> >: >>> >>> >>> Nice changes. >>>> >>>> +1 to merge that. >>>> Maybe some jiras entries to create :-) >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Olivier >>>> Le 7 août 2012 23:21, "Tamás Cservenák" <ta...@cservenak.net> a écrit : >>>> >>>> Hi there, >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Olivier did a great job of releasing Maven Indexer 4.1.3 that bumped >>>>> Lucene >>>>> to 3.6.1. >>>>> >>>>> But, having Lucene 3.6.1 in MI makes us now possible to do more. Here >>>>> is >>>>> a >>>>> branch I did today: >>>>> >>>>> https://github.com/cstamas/**maven-indexer/commits/fixes<https://github.com/cstamas/maven-indexer/commits/fixes> >>>>> >>>>> Basically, it has following changes: >>>>> * Removed heavy uses of StringBuffer, replaced with StringBuilder >>>>> * Version bumped to 4.5.0-SNAP (from 4.1.4-SNAP) as changes below >>>>> introduces API breakage (especially how you "acquire" IndexSearcher >>>>> from >>>>> context, needed to properly implement locking semantics) >>>>> * Removed bottle warmer threads completely >>>>> * Removed problematic locking around contexts as we rely now on Lucene >>>>> * Using new SearcherManager (see >>>>> >>>>> http://blog.mikemccandless.**com/2011/09/lucenes-** >>>>> >>>>> searchermanager-simplifies.**html<http://blog.mikemccandless.com/2011/09/lucenes-searchermanager-simplifies.html> >>>>> ) >>>>> instead of doing all this manually + relying on those removed stuff >>>>> above >>>>> * Removed deprecated baggage >>>>> >>>>> Changes above renders issues MINDEXER-52 and alike actually a >>>>> "non-issues". >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Please comment the changes. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> ~t~ >>>>> >>>> >>> ------------------------------**------------------------------**--------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: >>> dev-unsubscribe@maven.apache.**org<dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org> >>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org >>> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > -- Olivier Lamy Talend: http://coders.talend.com http://twitter.com/olamy | http://linkedin.com/in/olamy --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org
