If you look through the mail archives you'll find this topic was raised numerous times over the last few years. If someone still has a good argument for why using Java 1.4 at all makes sense these days I'd be interested to hear it. +1 for Groovy (err sorry I meant 1.6...).
Adrian. Sent from my iPad On Oct 21, 2010, at 3:34 AM, Glenn Adams <[email protected]> wrote: > Any particular reason to stop at 1.5? Why not proceed to 1.6? > > G. > > On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 2:53 AM, Vincent Hennebert > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> 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] >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
