On 08/04/2010, Oleg Kalnichevski <ol...@apache.org> wrote: > On Thu, 2010-04-08 at 20:31 +0100, sebb wrote: > > On 08/04/2010, Oleg Kalnichevski <ol...@apache.org> wrote: > > > Folks > > > > > > How do you feel about upgrading minimal JRE level for HttpCore 4.1 from > > > 1.3 to 5.0 provided it remains fully binary compatible with HttpCore > > > 4.0? > > > > 1.3 is seriously deficient now. > > 1.4 is still adequate, but 1.5 offers useful performance and memory > > model improvements. > > 1.5 would also make it easier to build core since nio needs 1.5. > > > > I'm OK with requiring a minimum of 1.5 (or 1.4), but not 1.6 (yet). > > > > However, I don't think this should be introduced in a minor release; I > > think it needs a major release. > > > > > I would hate to have to bump the version number to 5.0 just because of > that.
Why? It's only a number. > There are examples of Apache projects changing the minimal JRE > level requirement with a minor release, but I understand this is quite a > stretch. I've just been looking at: http://commons.apache.org/releases/versioning.html#Interface-Compatible_Changes This does not list JRE changes as being interface-incompatible, so perhaps I was wrong about a JRE change requiring a major release. It would be useful to know what standards other projects use, but I've not been able to find any others so far. I'd like to see what others think about this. > Anyway, I am the one to blame for keeping HttpCore 1.3 compatibility > requirement. I guess we will have to live with 1.3 compatibility for > now. > > Oleg > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@hc.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@hc.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@hc.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@hc.apache.org
