> [X] Avoid dependency to jdk1.4. > [X] ... use jakarta-oro I strongly disagree with making 1.4 the base requirement.
JDK reqs have been discussed over and over on this list so I will not reiterate the arguments again but in general I would say lower is better. >From my POV, our product is stuck to running on our /customers/ lowest common denominator web server which are for the most part Java 1.2 and 1.3 based. Thank you, Gary > -----Original Message----- > From: Mario Ivankovits [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, June 14, 2004 02:23 > To: Jakarta Commons Developers List > Subject: [vfs][all][poll]regular expression library or jdk1.4 as minimum > requirement > > Hello! > > A contribution of Rami Ojares brings in an "PatternSelector" to handle > ant-style patterns (/dir/**/file) to select files. > This class currently uses the jdk1.4 regular expression library. > > Now there are some questions how to handle the regexp thing: > [ ] Avoid dependency to jdk1.4. > [ ] ... use jakarta-regexp > [ ] ... use jakarta-oro > [ ] ... use the regexp bundled with ant. But then we could not use the > PatternSelector without the ant.jar and have to move it to the vfs.ant > package. This powerfull thing might then not be useable for projects > without it. > > [ ] Dont bother and use jdk1.4 as minimum requirement (and its regexp) > > > Here is my vote: > [X] Dont bother and use jdk1.4 as minimum requirement > But i dont know which jdk version will be the most used and this is why > i started this poll. > IMHO at least for a sandbox component it should be permitted to use this > "bleeding edge ;-)" jdk-version. > > > PS: During writing of this poll, i noticed that there already two > dependencies to the jdk1.4, but those can be easily reverted. > > -- > Mario > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
