Joerg Heinicke wrote:
On 08.08.2006 18:47, Jorg Heymans wrote:
As Java 5 was released almost 2 years ago, I propose making it the
minimum requirement for trunk and all artifacts released from there.
-0, because this means eliminating cocoon 2.2 on "older" application
servers eg weblogic 8.1.
Frankly, I don't see the point in upgrading unless there's a killer
feature in 1.5 that
1) we are likely to use and implement in the near future (2006) and,
2) will improve cocoon by a significant margin.
I second this, but vote even -1. I wonder why a framework should set
such high requirements. Have a look on spring. They have a Java 1.3 as
minimum requirement and only need Java 5 for special features.
IMO we should do it in a similar manner and not set the general
requirement to Java 5.
I've been thinking about your reasoning some time and believe you're right,
there is no killer argument that makes it impossible to continue the development
of Cocoon. There are many new features in Java 5 which make the life of
developers easier and as Java 5 was released almost 2 years ago I and many other
people on this list believe that's long enough. Additionally there is no
existing user base.
As Vadim pointed out that this is our _framework developer_ point of view that
might not reflect the community as a whole. He proposed to poll [EMAIL PROTECTED]
which I will do today.
I will keep the vote open till next week so that you can consider the outcome of
the poll. Having said this I want to stress that there is no pressure to change
your opinion because of the poll in any way.
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Reinhard Pötz Independent Consultant, Trainer & (IT)-Coach
{Software Engineering, Open Source, Web Applications, Apache Cocoon}
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