Vic Bancroft wrote:
>> On Jul 10, 2006, at 11:17 PM, Daniel John Debrunner wrote: >> >>> Doug Cutting wrote: >>> >>>> Since GCJ is effectively available on all platforms, we could say that >>>> we will start accepting 1.5 features when a GCJ release supports those >>>> features. Does that seem reasonable? >>> >>> >>> Seems potentially a little strange to me. Does this mean Lucene >>> would be >>> limited to the set of 1.5 features actually implemented by GCJ? So if >>> there is a 1.5 feature that is not supported by GCJ (while others are) >>> it cannot be used? >>> >>> Seems more natural to support the complete 1.5 as defined by Sun/Java, >>> not the subset implemented by one open source compiler. >> >> > Do you have a different favorite open source java compiler for 1.5 ? No, I just think the platform for Lucene (or any Java project) should be defined by the spec (JDK 1.4, 1.5 or 1.6), not a single (possible partial) implementation of the spec. Dan. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]