Hey all, I'd just like to chime in support for dropping JDK 1.1, especially if it would aid i18n in Lucene. There just doesn't seem to be a compelling reason to build anything for JDK 1.1 anymore.
Regards, Matt Jive Software > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew C. Oliver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 10:52 AM > To: Lucene Users List > Subject: JDK 1.1 vs 1.2+ > > > Hello everyone, > > I originally posted this question to the developers list, but > was asked to repeat it here. > > I'm working on some new functionality I plan to submit for > Lucene. In doing this I've noticed that Lucene currently > maintains compatibility with JDK 1.1. This has some > disadvantages for instance the use of "vector" versus some of > the new collections. Next, some of the functionality I plan > to add requires JDK 1.2. Finally, some of the > internationalization features of Java do not work well in > 1.1. For these reasons I suggest a move to 1.2+. While it > seems reasonable to me to drop support for a >4 year old > version of the JDK, I realize it may still present a problem > to some users and would like to raise a discussion on this. > > How many people are still using 1.1 and would be negatively > affected by Lucene's use of 1.2 features? Of those, how many > people can not move to 1.2 for server side development? > > -Andy > -- > www.superlinksoftware.com > www.sourceforge.net/projects/poi - port of Excel format to > java > http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/bugParade/bugs/4487555 .html - fix java generics! The avalanche has already started. It is too late for the pebbles to vote. -Ambassador Kosh -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
