Le 1/02/2017 à 20:11, Gilles a écrit : > One aspect is that if we have separate components, they can target > different versions (each time answering the above question). > People in "Commons" pushing for a supposedly minimal mass for a > component are at odds with offering more choices to contributors. > > We can't be expected to work with a hand tied behind the back for > the sake of the "unknown" programmer. > Removing the fun entails less opportunities to gather interest for > the project, so that eventually there won't be any code at all, > neither Java 8, nor Java 7.
Keep in mind that developers are users before becoming contributors. If we target a narrower set of users we also limit our ability to recruit new contributors. So we have to find a balance between not too old technologies to avoid scaring potential contributors, and not too recent to keep a decent user base that will provide new contributors. As far as I'm concerned the 'scary' limit is anything < Java 5. I wouldn't mind contributing to a Java 5, 6 or 7 project is it's fulfilling an important need for me. Emmanuel Bourg --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
