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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matt Tucker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 11:06 AM
> To: 'Lucene Users List'
> Subject: RE: JDK 1.1 vs 1.2+
>
>
> 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
>
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