Hi Keith, I think at this point, it would be a waste of your time to do the work to convert the code to 1.5. Since it's really a project decision, when the project is ready to move to 1.5 (which it doesn't seem like it is yet), then it would probably make sense at that time to do it, rather than to do it now, and watch your patch widdle away and become out of date with each code change. So, IMO I wouldn't worry about patching the code to use 1.5...yet :)
As for the JIRA issue, I think it would be a good idea to track (say, as a JIRA "task") the desire to move the code to 1.5. Then we (the developers and community) could vote on the issue, and track it. Thanks! Cheers, Chris On 9/10/07 9:36 AM, "kbennett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > All - > > My preference would be to go to 1.5, to use generics, simpler loop syntax, > and other new features, but it sounds like the concensus is to stay > compatible with 1.4. If that is the case, would it be helpful for me to > enter a JIRA issue for this? And make the source code changes? > > - Keith Bennett > > > > Thilo Goetz wrote: >> >> Bertrand Delacretaz wrote: >>> On 6/13/07, Jukka Zitting <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>>> ...Do you think we should require Java 5 in Tika, or should we support >>>> also Java 1.4?... >>> >>> I think it would be wise for the Tika *framework* to work with Java 1.4. >>> >>> Specific plugins can require higher versions, but requiring 1.5 for >>> the framework might be too limiting at the moment. >>> >>> -Bertrand >> >> I agree. UIMA is also still on Java 1.4, and I think we'll probably stay >> there at least for the rest of the year. So it would be good if the basic >> framework could work with 1.4. >> >> --Thilo >> >> ______________________________________________ Chris Mattmann, Ph.D. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Key Staff Member Modeling and Data Management Systems Section (387) Data Management Systems and Technologies Group _________________________________________________ Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA Office: 171-266B Mailstop: 171-246 _______________________________________________________ Disclaimer: The opinions presented within are my own and do not reflect those of either NASA, JPL, or the California Institute of Technology.
