As I know Java 1.5 is a kind of norm nowadays - I myself have been using Java 1.5.X for the past two years, so I think the later version of UIMA should move to 1.5 as soon as possible.
Scott Piao -----Original Message----- From: Andrew Serff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 08 August 2007 13:55 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Moving to Java 1.5? I vote for 1.5! We have no need for 1.4 compatibility. I'm actually running it on Java SE 6...so I'm good. Andrew Thilo Goetz wrote: > Hi all, > > our upcoming (hopefully very soon) 2.2 release will still > be Java 1.4 compatible. We're currently having a discussion > on the development list if for the next version, we should > move to Java 1.5. This would mean that future UIMA versions > would no longer be able to run in Java 1.4, but would > require 1.5 or newer. > > Java 1.4 is getting quite long in the tooth, and most people > have moved. Java 1.5 brought many changes and improvements > which we would like to be able to exploit in UIMA. > > So my question is: would this cause major headaches for > anybody around here? Anybody still committed to Java 1.4 > for the foreseeable future? > > The corresponding uima-dev mail thread is here: > http://www.mail-archive.com/uima-dev%40incubator.apache.org/msg03860.html > > --Thilo >
