Interesting q. Already we degrade functionality on 1.1 (touch), but everyone is thorough about using reflection to access post1.1 facilities. Yet optional tasks today implicitly depend on java 1.2+ (ex: JSPC needs jasper, which I believe is a 1.2+ jar.
I think it is important to support java 1.1, as it is not only a target for apps, but some platforms are limited to java1.1 for builds too. I dont know how many people build ant+optional tasks using a 1.1 jvm, but doing so does act as a check against accidentally including non 1.1 code; What particular 1.2+ functionality were you thinking of? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Magesh Umasankar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2001 19:43 Subject: Ant 1.5 and the Java 2 Platform Hi, While we move towards Ant2, I am wondering if releases that are made till Ant2 have to stay JDK 1.1 compatible. Even if one argues that the core has to remain 1.1 compatible, perhaps optional tasks need not? We can always say Task X needs JDK 1.2.x and above, just as we say Task Y needs Jakarta ORO installed? Magesh -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
