Re: Java 1.5

2014-02-22 Thread Jason van Zyl
It's not political correctness (I've never been accused of that before), it's just self interest in protecting myself against unintended imagery... On Feb 22, 2014, at 3:31 PM, Jason van Zyl wrote: > Ok, I promise never to poke fun if you promise never to never again use the > word "hump" in a

Re: Java 1.5

2014-02-22 Thread Stephen Connolly
You are overly politically correct. I should take offence! On 22 February 2014 23:31, Jason van Zyl wrote: > Ok, I promise never to poke fun if you promise never to never again use > the word "hump" in an email to this list. > > On Feb 22, 2014, at 12:24 PM, Stephen Connolly < > stephen.alan.co

Re: Java 1.5

2014-02-22 Thread Jason van Zyl
Ok, I promise never to poke fun if you promise never to never again use the word "hump" in an email to this list. On Feb 22, 2014, at 12:24 PM, Stephen Connolly wrote: > Somehow with my brief emails you find some misinterpretation to take a hump > at! Verbose or misunderstood... You decide ;-

Re: Java 1.5

2014-02-22 Thread Stephen Connolly
On 22 February 2014 22:00, Baptiste Mathus wrote: > +1 to dump Java5 compat. In about 2 months, even Java 6 will rapidly become > old. We're already using Java 1.7 at our shop, and plan to migrate to 1.8 > asap. And we're really not a startup kind of company ;-). And I'm sure the > features in 1.

Re: Java 1.5

2014-02-22 Thread Gary Gregory
+1 to dump Java 5. Gary Original message From: Baptiste Mathus Date:02/22/2014 17:00 (GMT-05:00) To: Maven Developers List Subject: Re: Java 1.5 +1 to dump Java5 compat. In about 2 months, even Java 6 will rapidly become old. We're already using Java 1.7 at our

Re: Java 1.5

2014-02-22 Thread Baptiste Mathus
+1 to dump Java5 compat. In about 2 months, even Java 6 will rapidly become old. We're already using Java 1.7 at our shop, and plan to migrate to 1.8 asap. And we're really not a startup kind of company ;-). And I'm sure the features in 1.8 (compared to the ones in the previous version) is gonna ac

Re: Java 1.5

2014-02-22 Thread Stephen Connolly
If a plugin depends on Maven 2.2.1 through 3.1.1 then we are stuck with Java 1.5 Hence my version policy that you lot are all ignoring commenting on... No comments means I'll just put it up for a vote ;-) Sent from my iPhone > On 22 Feb 2014, at 20:10, "Arnaud Héritier" wrote: > > ;) AFAIR fo

Re: Java 1.5

2014-02-22 Thread Stephen Connolly
Somehow with my brief emails you find some misinterpretation to take a hump at! Verbose or misunderstood... You decide ;-) Sent from my iPhone > On 22 Feb 2014, at 20:03, Jason van Zyl wrote: > > Didn't we decide that everything can be 1.6? I remember because it was one of > Stephen's overly

Re: Java 1.5

2014-02-22 Thread Arnaud Héritier
;) AFAIR for core yes. New releases (thus 3.2) should be certified 1.6+ For plugins it's another story I suppose depending of the version of maven core they are supposed to support.. — Sent from Mailbox for iPhone On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 9:04 PM, Jason van Zyl wrote: > Didn't we decide that e

Re: Java 1.5

2014-02-22 Thread Jason van Zyl
Didn't we decide that everything can be 1.6? I remember because it was one of Stephen's overly long emails :-) jvz > On Feb 22, 2014, at 11:02 AM, Benson Margulies wrote: > > How much longer with this Java 1.5 business? It' a giant pain. > > ---

Re: Java 1.5

2014-02-22 Thread Arnaud Héritier
I think we might just use animal sniffer to check such compatibility if we want to keep it. Not 100% safe but enought to cover a respectable compatibility  My 2 cents — Sent from Mailbox for iPhone On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 8:44 PM, Benson Margulies wrote: > The business of being required to us

Re: Java 1.5

2014-02-22 Thread Benson Margulies
The business of being required to use it in all Maven releases, which adds a layer of VM complexity to my process. On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 2:31 PM, Dennis Lundberg wrote: > Which business are you referring to? > > On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 8:02 PM, Benson Margulies > wrote: >> How much longer wi

Re: Java 1.5

2014-02-22 Thread Dennis Lundberg
Which business are you referring to? On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 8:02 PM, Benson Margulies wrote: > How much longer with this Java 1.5 business? It' a giant pain. > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For