Hi, The topic has already been mentioned several times in the past, at least in the FOP area. The latest discussion we had was in August 2009: http://markmail.org/message/y7iwptehnzujcuxm It was decided then to release FOP 1.0 with Java 1.4 support, and do a user community poll shortly afterwards.
More than a year has passed now and I’d like to re-visit that topic, with two modifications: • make the decision at the project level. Homogenizing things a bit wouldn’t hurt IMO. Specifically, Commons and FOP Trunk would switch to 1.5 now, Batik would switch after the 1.8 release (which is about to happen IIUC). • I’m not sure that a poll still is necessary. It’s been almost 2 years now that Java 1.4 has reached end of life. We are in the same situation as when we dropped support for Java 1.3. Moreover, I think sticking to 1.4 is a growing impediment to the development of the project. Simon ran into trouble when releasing 1.0: http://markmail.org/message/ivlwk2dcmuk25woy Proper internationalization can only be achieved starting from 1.5: http://markmail.org/message/6n2w5tefarqp76iv We recently upgraded Checkstyle to version 5.1 in FOP and that requires Java 1.5. Using retroweaving tools is doable but adds complexity to the build and is a hassle that I don’t think we can live with due to our limited resources. I think it’s time to move on. If anybody really feels that a user poll still is necessary, please speak up now. Otherwise, just wait a few days that I launch an official vote on this. Thanks, Vincent --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
