The issue (and I may be overthinking this) is that we need 1.5 class libraries to compile against if we want to be able to verify that the code compiles under 1.5. If I, say, delete my JDK 5 install and decide to reinstall it down the road, it's not going to be available without a purchased license.
Derek On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 1:33 PM, David Pollak <feeder.of.the.be...@gmail.com > wrote: > > > On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 11:51 AM, Derek Chen-Becker <dchenbec...@gmail.com > > wrote: > >> My main concern is that after October 30, Java 5 costs money (I'm guessing >> not a trivial amount, either). I can get the JDK right now, but if some bug >> in the Java libraries pops up that would prevent things from working, I >> don't know how we'll work around that. >> > > I don't see the condition under which that could happen. When we compile > against Java 1.5, we are simply defining the contract between our classes > and the library classes. None of the library "seeps" into our code (this is > not true of Scala traits). So, as long as the running library has the > classes/methods that we are calling, we're fine. Compiling against 1.5 > simply means that we have fewer calls that we can make. If there is an > issue in 1.5 that a user is experiencing, that is the user's issue, not > ours. If the code compiles (and runs tests) against 1.5 and does not > generate the particular issue that the user is seeing under 1.6, then that > use has to contact Sun, not us. > > >> >> Derek >> >> On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 12:29 PM, David Pollak < >> feeder.of.the.be...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 11:14 AM, Derek Chen-Becker < >>> dchenbec...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I was just about to work on issue #67 (build breaks on Java 5), but when >>>> I went to get a Java 5 JDK to compile/test with, Sun says that it's EOL as >>>> of October 30, 2009. I don't have a problem fixing things to work with Java >>>> 5, but I don't want to do work that's going to be tossed out in a month. >>>> >>>> >>> Lift will be JDK 1.5 compatible for at least 1 year (and probably >>> longer). LinkedIn and SAP are both 1.5 shops. There are tons of other Bay >>> Area companies (Wells Fargo, Kaiser, etc.) that are also 1.5 shops. For the >>> next 2-3 years, OS X 10.5 will be common and 10.5 + old MacBooks == 1.5. >>> >>> It will not be lost work. >>> >>> >>>> Derek >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Lift, the simply functional web framework http://liftweb.net >>> Beginning Scala http://www.apress.com/book/view/1430219890 >>> Follow me: http://twitter.com/dpp >>> Surf the harmonics >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > -- > Lift, the simply functional web framework http://liftweb.net > Beginning Scala http://www.apress.com/book/view/1430219890 > Follow me: http://twitter.com/dpp > Surf the harmonics > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Lift" group. To post to this group, send email to liftweb@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to liftweb+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/liftweb?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
