In this perspective we can plan for the details of the 0.24 release of
ArgoUML.
The 0.24 release is planned for 2007-02-10. This means that we probably
need to enter the alpha period already this year. Since it is so close
let me suggest that we stick to JDK1.4 support through the 0.24 release
(and patch releases).
Based on the assumption that JDK1.4 will begin its end of life soon
(during the first half of 2007) we could drop the support for JDK1.4
immediately after the 0.24 release (when starting to work towards the
0.25.1 release).
Is this a good plan?
Firstly, and most importantly, are we ready for release 0.24 in
February?
/Linus
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Morris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: den 5 december 2006 19:05
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: [argouml-dev] Preparing for when we will drop support for
JDK
> 1.4
>
> Sorry about that. A slip of the keyboard let that message escape
before
> it
> was done. Ignore the second half. Here's what it was meant to say:
>
> If you're wondering about the timeframe for dropping support of JDK
1.4,
> as
> I was, here's what my research discovered:
>
> - In summary, it will be as soon as Java 6 ("Mustang") is released or
> "soon."
> - It will almost certainly occur before our next release (which is not
yet
> planned), so we can probably start acting on it now.
> - Sun supports current version plus two past versions (Java 1.5, 1.4,
1.3)
> http://java.sun.com/products/archive/eol.policy.html
> - BUT Sun *starts* the end-of-life (EOL) process for version N-2 as
soon
> as
> version N is announced, so Java 1.3 has begun the EOL process and will
> stop
> being supported
> - ArgoUML, on the other hand, works off the announcements and only
> supports
> versions for which EOL has not yet begun (effectively the same thing
as
> saying we support the current version plus one past version (Java 6,
Java
> 5)
>
> http://argouml-
> stats.tigris.org/documentation/defaulthtml/cookbook/ch03s03.h
> tml
> - Java 6 is scheduled for "Fall 2006" - probably late Fall at this
> point :-)
> A release candidate was made available 21 Nov 2006.
> http://blogs.sun.com/mr/entry/java_se_6_schedule_update
> - Java major releases are currently 7-8 quarters apart, so it'll be at
> least
> 2 years before we need to worry about this again.
>
> Tom
>
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