Erik Hatcher wrote:
On May 30, 2006, at 11:45 AM, DM Smith wrote:
By stating that I needed to run on Mac OS 9, this also implies that I
need to run on OSX prior to Tiger (10.4) which does not have Java 5
and according to everything that I read, won't. OSX 10.3 does not
seem like an unreasonable target platform for Lucene applications.
for all such arguments, my take is (as a fervent Mac-head myself) that
we allow folks to innovate using whatever technical details they want
and let lucene evolve as the state of the art of languages changes.
there are always older versions of lucene that work quite well enough
on other versions of java, etc. those that need to maintain back
compatibility should step forward to work on that as things evolve.
certainly we are not suggesting that we go crazy using features of a
newer JDK "just because"... but if there is a performance advantage
then we have an obligation to pursue it.
I agree. But, there is a difference between the performance of a JDK and
that of a JVM. We need to be certain that the JDK is required for the
performance boost and not just the JVM before we pursue it.
for new development like the GData server, Solr, etc, we should be
loose and allow the creative individuals to do their own thing. for
lucene core, we need compelling reasons to jump to a higher JDK
requirement.
Agreed. But, I have not heard one compelling argument for the JDK 5 for
core. (JVM certainly)
we will not hold up progress because of the few that don't upgrade
their macs when steve jobs waves his magic wand.
LOL! Thanks!
Erik - from a snazzy speedy MacBook Pro running OS X 10.4.6 and
not looking back.
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