+1 On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 1:50 AM, Chris Hostetter <hossman_luc...@fucit.org>wrote:
> > +1 > > : Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 19:38:08 +0200 > : From: Simon Willnauer <simon.willna...@googlemail.com> > : Reply-To: dev@lucene.apache.org, simon.willna...@gmail.com > : To: dev@lucene.apache.org > : Subject: [VOTE] Drop Java 5 support for trunk (Lucene 4.0) > : > : This issue has been discussed on various occasions and lately on > : LUCENE-3239 (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-3239) > : > : The main reasons for this have been discussed on the issue but let me > : put them out here too: > : > : - Lack of testing on Jenkins with Java 5 > : - Java 5 end of lifetime is reached a long time ago so Java 5 is > : totally unmaintained which means for us that bugs have to either be > : hacked around, tests disabled, warnings placed, but some things simply > : cannot be fixed... we cannot actually "support" something that is no > : longer maintained: we do find JRE bugs > : (http://wiki.apache.org/lucene-java/SunJavaBugs) and its important > : that bugs actually get fixed: cannot do everything with hacks.\ > : - due to Java 5 we legitimate performance hits like 20% slower grouping > speed. > : > : For reference please read through the issue mentioned above. > : > : A lot of the committers seem to be on the same page here to drop Java > : 5 support so I am calling out an official vote. > : > : all Lucene 3.x releases will remain with Java 5 support this vote is > : for trunk only. > : > : > : Here is my +1 > : > : Simon > : > : --------------------------------------------------------------------- > : To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org > : For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@lucene.apache.org > : > : > > -Hoss > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@lucene.apache.org > >
