1. An easier way to move to java 7 at a later date 2. One less system to test against - https://builds.apache.org/job/Cayenne-trunk/ 3. JDBC 4 support with no need for special hacks (will still need hacks for Java 7 / JDBC 4.1) 4. And yes, @Override annotation :)
So essentially fewer support issues to deal with. On Jul 5, 2012, at 11:30 PM, John Huss wrote: > What do you gain by moving up to Java 6? I can't think of anything except > String.isEmpty and @Override annotations on interface implementations. > > On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 3:21 PM, Mike Kienenberger <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Java 1.5 isn't even available for my linux systems. >> >> On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 4:20 PM, Andrus Adamchik <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> Java 1.5 is long gone and now Oracle supports Java 7 on Mac. >>> >>> Going forward, do we still care to support old 32 bit Macs and their >> Java 1.5 install? >>> >>> Andrus >>
