Ok. As I said, java6 is not a must. Will be undone and merge prepared. Thanks, ~t~ mobile On Aug 9, 2012 4:14 AM, "Chris Graham" <chrisgw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Whilst Java6 may be soon coming to EOL, I am still supporting many large > corporates on Java 1.4 - corporates do not necessarily move quickly - not > if their solution works. > > Just something to consider from the real world. > > -Chris > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 09/08/2012, at 1:13 AM, Tamás Cservenák <ta...@cservenak.net> wrote: > > > In short: Java6 EOL is coming in months now, users running 1.5 and below > > should really consider an upgrade. > > A bit longer: Java6 1st release happened in 2006, 6 years ago. In our > > profession, that is around 70 years old, 6 years corresponds to -- for > > example in optics (first known lenses are about 700 BC according to > > wikipedia) -- to roughly 233 years. So, in case you wear spectacles, > would > > you wear these today http://www.sptddog.com/sotp/18thcent.jpg ? > > > > > > In essence: not really needed for now, as Lucene 3.6.1 is fine on Java5, > > and IOEx new constructor is used in very few places.... but we can go > back > > in time for 233 years for now. > > > > > > Thanks, > > ~t~ > > > > On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 7:24 PM, Robert Scholte <rfscho...@apache.org> > wrote: > > > >> What's the reason for the "Bumped MI to Java6 level."? > >> Looks like a potential issue to me (assuming a lot of projects still use > >> java5) > >> > >> -Robert > >> > >> Op Wed, 08 Aug 2012 18:29:41 +0200 schreef Olivier Lamy < > ol...@apache.org > >>> : > >> > >> > >> Nice changes. > >>> +1 to merge that. > >>> Maybe some jiras entries to create :-) > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Olivier > >>> Le 7 août 2012 23:21, "Tamás Cservenák" <ta...@cservenak.net> a écrit > : > >>> > >>> Hi there, > >>>> > >>>> Olivier did a great job of releasing Maven Indexer 4.1.3 that bumped > >>>> Lucene > >>>> to 3.6.1. > >>>> > >>>> But, having Lucene 3.6.1 in MI makes us now possible to do more. Here > is > >>>> a > >>>> branch I did today: > >>>> https://github.com/cstamas/**maven-indexer/commits/fixes< > https://github.com/cstamas/maven-indexer/commits/fixes> > >>>> > >>>> Basically, it has following changes: > >>>> * Removed heavy uses of StringBuffer, replaced with StringBuilder > >>>> * Version bumped to 4.5.0-SNAP (from 4.1.4-SNAP) as changes below > >>>> introduces API breakage (especially how you "acquire" IndexSearcher > from > >>>> context, needed to properly implement locking semantics) > >>>> * Removed bottle warmer threads completely > >>>> * Removed problematic locking around contexts as we rely now on Lucene > >>>> * Using new SearcherManager (see > >>>> > >>>> http://blog.mikemccandless.**com/2011/09/lucenes-** > >>>> searchermanager-simplifies.**html< > http://blog.mikemccandless.com/2011/09/lucenes-searchermanager-simplifies.html > > > >>>> ) > >>>> instead of doing all this manually + relying on those removed stuff > above > >>>> * Removed deprecated baggage > >>>> > >>>> Changes above renders issues MINDEXER-52 and alike actually a > >>>> "non-issues". > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Please comment the changes. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Thanks, > >>>> ~t~ > >>>> > >>> > >> > ------------------------------**------------------------------**--------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscribe@maven.apache.**org< > dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org> > >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > >> > >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > >
