On 7/29/07, Ola Bini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Hi,
>
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> I wrote a blog post about it, and got quite many replies. Almost all of
> them very positive about going to 5, but there were a few that
> represents my gut feel about it. Take this for example, from Jesper:
> I think for a lot of users
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On 7/29/07, Ola Bini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi,
So, once again, the question of which should be the min
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.
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