On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 8:04 AM, Dawid Weiss <dawid.we...@cs.put.poznan.pl> wrote: >> -0 ... wouldn't that mean that users running *actual* 1.5 JVM installs >> couldn't compile from source? I think it would be a bad idea to say that >> our "compile" JVM requirements are differnet then our "run" JVM >> requirements. I'd be more in favor of requireing 1.6 then having a weird >> build where 1.5 folks could use our binary releases but not compile >> themselves. > > Ok, I get your point and I'm not going to force it, but I don't agree > people still running 1.5 should be able to compile from sources. I > mean: 1.5 has been dead for a longer while now; the same argument > could be made for java 1.4 or whatever most recent version has been > ported to amigaos... There are 1.6-compatible VMs from all major > vendors. Really -- if you're still using java 1.5 you're a fossil and > should consider switching to 1.6 (if not for anything else, then for > performance reasons). > > This said, I'm fine with 1.5 source-level compatibility, doesn't > bother me that much.
just want to mention there is Android *duck* and they have 1.5 compat :) simon > Dawid > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@lucene.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@lucene.apache.org
