> From my point of view, I really don't care if we stick to 1.4. The only
> thing I miss is Enum. But mina has some needs (mainly SSL) that could
> lead it to produce two versions : one for 1.4 and another for 1.5.
What percentage of code needs to care? 1%? 5%? As much as 10% (highly
doubt that it is even close)?
The JDK 1.5 specific code can be isolated, and used selectively.
> As usual, every six months, this question will be raised and this is a
> *good* thing : real users will give their position, and we can think
> about the real consequences of this switch basing our decision on real
> cases, not just opinions
FWIW, we asked this question every 6 months to a year in JAMES for years,
and only recently did users say that we could drop support for 1.3.
--- Noel