Dear XMLGraphics Devs, Jeuclid is at 1.5, because generics andnums make programming much easier, and annotations make it safer.
However: I've encountered different environments where 1.4 runs stable, and 1.5 is an addon / does not work properly. Examples: OpenBSD (1.4 runs very well, 1.5 still crashes every once in a while) OS X (1.4 was the default on 10.4 installations, 1.5 needs to be installed / configured separately) Linux / Sparc ( There is no "Sun" JDK 1.5, and the latest one is blackdowns 1.4 ) GCJ: There is partiall support for 1.5, but i've had real problems getting it to work stable. All this will change once OpenJDK and / or IcedTea becomes available and works properly. my 2 cts. Max Am Mittwoch, den 17.10.2007, 10:16 +0200 schrieb Jeremias Maerki: > No reactions so far. Interesting. Anyway, based on the user poll, my > opinion is to go for Java 1.4 for the moment and reevaluate Java 1.5 > next summer. I mean I'd love to use generics and java.util.concurrent > but I think it is just a bit too soon to drop 1.4. > > Any objections to that course of action? Should we have a majority > decision on whether 1.4 or 1.5 should be the new minimal Java level? > > Jeremias Maerki > > > > On 15.10.2007 12:30:32 Jeremias Maerki wrote: > > Dear Apache XML Graphics Batik/FOP/Commons users, > > > > the user poll is now closed and the results are available on the > > following Wiki page: > > > > http://wiki.apache.org/xmlgraphics/UserPollOct2007 > > > > Thanks a lot to all who took the time to fill out the survey. Based on > > the results we can say that it's safe to drop support for Java 1.3 on > > future versions. If we're going to skip directly to Java 1.5 needs some > > more discussion among the project team. The results here are not as > > clear. The discussion and decision making will happen on > > [email protected] if anyone (non-committers welcome, too!) > > is interested. > > > > Thanks, > > Jeremias Maerki > > > > > > > > On 08.10.2007 09:48:11 Jeremias Maerki wrote: > > > Dear Apache XML Graphics Batik/FOP/Commons users, > > > > > > as you probably know, all products of the Apache XML Graphics project are > > > still compatible with Java 1.3. We are currently discussing about > > > dropping support for Java 1.3 and instead make Java 1.4 the minimum Java > > > version required to run new releases. There was some talk about going > > > directly for Java 1.5, too. The main reason: Maintaining support for > > > Java 1.3 has become increasingly cumbersome which can become a problem > > > in a mostly volunteer-based environment. > > > > > > Now, in order to minimize the number of people we upset with such a > > > change, we would like to know what our users work with and what you > > > think about this change. We've set up an online survey which we kindly > > > ask you to fill out. It should not take much longer than 5 minutes. > > > > > > Please click here to start the survey: > > > http://www.eSurveysPro.com/Survey.aspx?id=e3155c33-540e-471d-a23e-f6c1f73c8bd2 > > > (the survey ends on Sunday, October 14, 2007) > > > > > > Please note: Even if we change the minimum Java versions for new > > > releases, the previous releases with Java 1.3 support will remain > > > available for download. > > > > > > Thanks a lot! > > > Jeremias Maerki > > > (for the Apache XML Graphics devs) > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Apache XML Graphics Project URL: http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/ > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
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