It depends on whether another significant version of the JVM ever comes out. In the current state of Java. It is unlikely that 6 or 7 (or 8) are going to have any significant features that will compel us to upgrade. But, who knows... once 6 hits its end of life... we may drop support in a micro version. Next time we'll try to remember to do it in a minor version. A couple things i will suggest to help you avoid being too surprised. First, have a good suite of unit tests. Secondly, if your software is dependent on 1.4 make sure your IDE is using the 1.4 compiler during development. You will find out pretty quickly that a jar is not 1.4 compatible and avoid any major error during an upgrade. Thanks, Brandon
On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 12:56 AM, Trenton D. Adams <tre...@athabascau.ca>wrote: > Hi Guys, > > I was very surprised to find out that 2.3.0 was the last version that > supported Java 1.4.2, and yet the latest version is only 4 micro versions > above 2.3.0, sitting at 2.3.4. Why would iBatis change something so major, > in a micro version? I would have expected that iBatis would have at the > very least, moved to 2.4, before declaring Java 1.4.2 unsupported. Even if > that's the ONLY change, it is worth a minor version change. > > Is this going to happen again, when the next JVM comes out? > > Thanks. > > Trenton D. Adams > Systems Analyst/Web Software Engineer > Navy Penguins at your service! > Athabasca University > (780) 675-6195 > :wq! > > __ > This communication is intended for the use of the recipient to whom it > is addressed, and may contain confidential, personal, and or privileged > information. Please contact us immediately if you are not the intended > recipient of this communication, and do not copy, distribute, or take > action relying on it. Any communications received in error, or > subsequent reply, should be deleted or destroyed. > --- > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-java-unsubscr...@ibatis.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: user-java-h...@ibatis.apache.org > >
