For what it's worth, I am +1 here as well (I was the one who implemented the changed the required Java 1.6).
Thanks... Bill- On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 7:28 AM, Christian Grobmeier <grobme...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am very much +1 what Hen and Simone said. Again. > > As a volunteer I am here for making some cool stuff, but not to > satisfy the needs of companies who are using outdated jdks. Sometimes > it makes sense, but the "for ever support" of jdks becomes obsessive. > > Rather I would prefer to work with cool technologies in my prime time > instead of using archaic jdks. Probably this is the reason why commons > becomes more and more silent and rarely new committers. > > On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 10:41 AM, Simone Tripodi > <simonetrip...@apache.org> wrote: >>>> I'm tempted to go as far as to say it's irresponsible of us to support 1.5 >>>> :)> >> >> +1 and IMHO innovation blocking as well >> >> moreover from the commons homepage: "The Commons is an Apache project >> focused on all aspects of reusable Java components." that doesn't mean >> to me "helping companies on keep their libraries up-to-date for their >> needs" >> >> When doing OSS I _personally_ don't care about what 3rd part companies >> need - unless they are interested on paying me to develop/maintain >> their *custom* components - but how the software can evolve. >> >> Let's take the [collections] Vs guava case once again: we didn't let >> collections evolve to not lose old users, but people simply switched >> to google-collections/guava. That proves that evolution is not always >> evil as it appears. >> This fact reminds me some Gordon Ramsey's kitchen nightmare episodes :) >> >> Of course, I still have a lot to learn about what *real* OSS community >> development is, but that's the reason why I am here and not somewhere >> else. >> >> Just my 0.002 opinion, all the best >> -Simo >> >> http://people.apache.org/~simonetripodi/ >> http://simonetripodi.livejournal.com/ >> http://twitter.com/simonetripodi >> http://www.99soft.org/ >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org >> > > > > -- > http://www.grobmeier.de > https://www.timeandbill.de > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
