Murray, I must be missing something here, why are you seeing a problem going to JDK 1.5 / 1.6 if you're running WinXP? JDK 1.5 & 1.6 run fine on WinXP.
Dave On Jan 6, 2008 3:14 PM, Murray Altheim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's likely that I will require JDK 1.4 for the indefinite future, as > two of my projects are tied into earlier software environments (e.g., > just upgraded to XP prior to Christmas). I'm myself using JDK 5 for > compiling but do not use any of the newer constructs so that things > will still compile with 1.4. > > Janne Jalkanen (JIRA) wrote: > > Drop support for JDK 1.4. > > ------------------------- > > > > Key: JSPWIKI-121 > > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JSPWIKI-121 > > Project: JSPWiki > > Issue Type: Task > > Reporter: Janne Jalkanen > > Fix For: 3.0 > > > > > > Since Java 6 has been out for a long time, it's time to move to JDK 5. > We already require JDK 5 to compile (due to some MBean classes we are > using), but JSPWiki 2.6 should also work on JDK 1.4. > > > > However, JDK 5 does give us quite a lot of advantages, programming-wise. > It makes loops nicer, and generics and annotations make life so much > easier. > > > > This shift is targeted to 3.0. In theory, we could start moving to JDK 5 > even earlier in 2.8, unless there's a large amount of opposition. It's my > understanding though that quite a few companies are still running JDK 1.4. > > > ........................................................................... > Murray Altheim <murray07 at altheim.com> === = > = > http://www.altheim.com/murray/ = = > === > SGML Grease Monkey, Banjo Player, Wantanabe Zen Monk = = = > = > > Boundless wind and moon - the eye within eyes, > Inexhaustible heaven and earth - the light beyond light, > The willow dark, the flower bright - ten thousand houses, > Knock at any door - there's one who will respond. > -- The Blue Cliff Record > "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." --Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
