The primary reason for continued support for the outdated version - 0.5.x is that the 1.0 version mostly works on Java 8 and the 0.5 line works on Java 7 and there is a need to continue support on Java 7 since many users have not switched to the new version.
On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 9:16 AM, Charlie Harrison (JIRA) <j...@apache.org> wrote: > > [ > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ATLAS-610?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=15221906#comment-15221906 > ] > > Charlie Harrison commented on ATLAS-610: > ---------------------------------------- > > There are major changes between Titan 0.5.4 and 1.0.0 - the Tinkerpop > version changes 2 to 3, which to quote Stephen Mallette "represents a > fairly major upheaval". Remaining agnostic to the graph provider is a good > idea, but Tinkerpop provides the abstraction to do much (although not all) > of this. Is there a reason to continue support an outdated version of a > specific provider? > > > Add support for Titan 1 / TinkerPop 3 > > ------------------------------------- > > > > Key: ATLAS-610 > > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ATLAS-610 > > Project: Atlas > > Issue Type: Task > > Affects Versions: trunk > > Reporter: Jeffrey Hagelberg > > > > We need to be able to run Atlas on top of Titan 1.0.0-incubating. This > needs to be done in a way that allows Atlas to continue to support running > with Titan 0.5.4. This is being implemented by adding an abstraction layer > between Atlas and Titan. > > > > -- > This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA > (v6.3.4#6332) >
