RE: [jruby-dev] Java version

2007-07-29 Thread Peter K Chan
For whom is JRuby intended for? I tend to agree with what Charles said earlier, that only those who contribute code to JRuby have a say in this process. Having observed the discussion for the past few days, I noticed that most contributors are calling for move to Java 5. This seems to be a good re

[jruby-dev] [jira] Created: (JRUBY-1249) eliminating test console blabber, possible difference from MRI

2007-07-29 Thread Stuart Halloway (JIRA)
eliminating test console blabber, possible difference from MRI -- Key: JRUBY-1249 URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/JRUBY-1249 Project: JRuby Issue Type: Test Component

Re: [jruby-dev] Java version

2007-07-29 Thread Alex Durgin
On 7/29/07, Ola Bini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > So, once again, the question of which should be the minimum Java version > to run JRuby. We are currently at 1.4.2, but the proposal is to move to > 5 for trunk and all major releases from now on. This does not concern > the 1.0.x-series.

Re: [jruby-dev] Java version

2007-07-29 Thread Werner Schuster (murphee)
Ola Bini wrote: > I'm feeling deeply torn, especially since I know many of the features > of Java 5 will make our lives easier. Can we go the middleground? > Development and building has to be done with Java 5 or later, meaning > that the source code can contain annotations, which we can use to do

[jruby-dev] Java version

2007-07-29 Thread Ola Bini
Hi, So, once again, the question of which should be the minimum Java version to run JRuby. We are currently at 1.4.2, but the proposal is to move to 5 for trunk and all major releases from now on. This does not concern the 1.0.x-series. I wrote a blog post about it, and got quite many replie