Hi, I am for using Java 1.5.
Another option would be to switch to Java 1.5 and provide some documentation or a build profile that uses Retroweaver if Java 1.4 is still required. I have never used it and I don't have an opinion on it, just to list the option: http://retroweaver.sourceforge.net/ Regards, Thomas On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 12:21 PM, Jukka Zitting <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Sun's Java 1.4.x is reaching EOL status in October, so I was wondering > if there's still need for us to continue using Java 1.4 as the > baseline for Jackrabbit. Upgrading the minimum platform requirement to > Java 5 would give us a) some nice language features, b) the chance to > drop the concurrent library dependency, and c) the chance to directly > use libraries like Apache Tika that are based on Java 5. > > Are there good reasons for sticking with Java 1.4? IMHO a natural > upgrade point to Java 5 would be Jackrabbit 2.0. > > BR, > > Jukka Zitting >
