In 1.5 (which is trunk) everything can be changed/improved. 1.4 is a drop-in replacement for 1.3 - no changes to the API - except for adding generics. 1.4 is recommended for production.
Juergen On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 11:08 AM, Erich W Schreiner <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Wicket team, > > what is your policy regarding the (consistent) use of Java 5 features such as > generics in Wicket and related projects (extensions etc)? > > I was looking into https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WICKET-2949 and the > Select class which does not use generics currently. This gives some 10 > compiler > warnings (at least in my Eclipse configuration). > > The problem with adding generics to classes like Select is that it will > potentially result in compiler warnings in client code. So, adding generics > when > touching some code to fix a bug might be fine for 1.5 but might annoy people > when done on 1.4.x? But generics do have some advantages, right? And therefore > should be used where and when possible... > > What is your suggestion about how to handle this? What is the general rule > when > working on trunk / 1.5? > > Thank you & Cheers, > Erich
