Looks like there's no problem with going ahead with this. The ticket is CONNECTORS-459, and I've created a corresponding branch to work on the ticket.
Karl On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 3:29 PM, Erlend Garåsen <e.f.gara...@usit.uio.no> wrote: > > +1 > > Erlend > > > On 11.04.12 02.39, Karl Wright wrote: >> >> Folks, >> >> When doing the dependency rework, it became clear that many of our >> binary dependencies are "stuck" without fixes or upgrades because we >> are still using jdk 1.5. I'd like to get a sense from the community >> whether everyone thinks we should abandon support for jdk1.5 in our >> next release. The "pros" of such a move include allowing us to >> upgrade to jetty 7 (which brings in a number of bug fixes), tomcat 7 >> components, and off-the-shelf hsqldb builds. I cannot at this time >> identify any obvious "cons". Please let me know your opinion. +1 to >> upgrade, from me. >> >> Thanks, >> Karl > > > > -- > Erlend Garåsen > Center for Information Technology Services > University of Oslo > P.O. Box 1086 Blindern, N-0317 OSLO, Norway > Ph: (+47) 22840193, Fax: (+47) 22852970, Mobile: (+47) 91380968, VIP: 31050