Chris Hostetter wrote on 11/03/2006 09:40 AM: > : Is there any timeline for when Java 1.5 packages will be allowed? > > I don't think i'll incite too much rioting to say "no there is no > timeline" > .. I may incite some rioting by saying "my guess is 1.5 packages will be > supported when the patches requiring them become highly desired. >
Not being shy about inciting riots, the problem with this approach is that people using Java 1.5 are discouraged from submitting patches to being with. Doug Cutting wrote on 11/03/2006 08:39 AM: > Please consider breaking these into separate patches, one to permit > ParallelMultiSearcher w/ HitCollector to not be single-threaded, and > another to re-implement things with a thread pool. The latter is more > controversial, and it would be a shame to have the former wait on it. Why would a thread pool be more controversial? Dynamically creating and garbaging threads has many downsides. Chuck --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
