On 5 December 2011 18:30, ralph.goers @dslextreme.com <ralph.go...@dslextreme.com> wrote: > FWIW, I have been planning on starting work on vfs3 when I finish up with > some other stuff. VFS3 will require Java 7 as Java 7 provides virtual file > support, so vfs3 will be slimmed down to just provide implementations.
That's again a bit different. VFS3 will effectively then be a different component, addressing a completely different user base. > Ralph > > On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 9:51 AM, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 5 December 2011 16:46, henrib <hen...@apache.org> wrote: >> > You summed it up pretty well; >> > Can we participate in moving forward - Java6 is not really the bleeding >> > edge... - or are we bound to remain on obsolete platforms with Commons ? >> >> That is not a question I can answer, because it's not a simple >> dichotomy (if that's the correct word). >> >> It's not my view that all Commons components have to remain on 1.5 >> until no-one else is using that release. >> Nor is it my view that all Commons components should immediately be >> able to switch to 1.6. >> >> My view is that while there is still a need for software to be able to >> run on Java 1.5, we should not insist on requiring a minimum of >> 1.6.*unless* there is good technical reason for doing so. >> >> I've yet to see that argument put forward; nor has anyone produced >> evidence that Java 1.5 is not still being used in production across >> the user base. >> >> > >> > >> > -- >> > View this message in context: >> http://apache-commons.680414.n4.nabble.com/VOTE-Can-the-next-version-major-version-of-a-project-require-Java6-i-e-drop-Java-1-5-tp4160635p4161262.html >> > Sent from the Commons - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org >> > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org >> > >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
