On 5 December 2011 18:10, henrib <hen...@apache.org> wrote: > > sebb-2-2 wrote >> >> 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. >> > But you don't consider a good (technical) reason the fact that the > contributor can not/does not want to incur the cost of maintaining a JDK 1.5 > on its dev platforms to be able to contribute to newer versions...
No, I don't consider that a valid reason on its own. > And no-one is stating that Java 1.5 is not in used in production somewhere; > but IMHO, these are not the ones that will be JEXL3 users, especially since > they have 2.1 (soon). > Anyway and beyond the point, my advice to 1.5 users is that before trying to > use "new" versions of libraries, migrating away from an unsupported/EOLed > platform should be their priority. Indeed, ideally everyone would now be using Java 6 and Windows users should all upgrade to Windows 7 etc. But that is a separate issue. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
