Hi Guys, I don't have a strong preference for this either way. I simply ported over the code for the Nutch metadata framework, which happened to use some features from 1.5. I was a proponent of staying with 1.4 in the Nutch community, however, was overruled there ;)
Just to stir the pot a bit, I will say though, that IMHO, Java 1.5 is entirely stable, has a strong, solid user base, and is becoming pervasive. It also offers a lot of features that I think are truly useful. Is it too much to ask of projects like Jackrabbit, etc., for them to create JDK 1.5 builds? I know that this is possible even if the project only uses JDK 1.4 language constructs, right? I think we may have to call for a vote on this though. What do others think? Thanks! Cheers, Chris On 6/13/07 3:43 AM, "Jukka Zitting" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I noticed that both the Nutch metadata and the Lius lite code are > using Java 5 features. > > Do you think we should require Java 5 in Tika, or should we support > also Java 1.4? > > I believe there are a number of potential users (Jackrabbit included) > that are still bound to Java 1.4, and since Java 1.4 will not reach > end of life status any time soon (there isn't even a JSR for Java 7 > yet) I personally think we should stick to 1.4 and remove the Java 5 > features from Tika. > > BR, > > Jukka Zitting
