On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 8:30 AM, Jeremy Boynes <jer...@boynes.com> wrote: > On Jan 18, 2013, at 1:34 AM, Konstantin Kolinko wrote: >> Regarding the two taglibs that are not yet in the attic, I have no >> interest in "RDC" taglib, but I am interested in JSTL one. > > +1 > >> >> I think once we make the first release, things should go easier after that. >> >> A few notes after quick review of the sources: >> >> 1. Can we go up from Java 5 and require/use at least Java 6 to build >> the project? >> >> I am even OK to be brave and go up to Java 7. >> >> I do not like Java 5, because >> a) It is outdated. >> It would be strange for a "new" project to use that if we are going >> to support it for long. >> b) It is not opensource. >> OpenJDK is since Java 6. >> >> The version of Java is important for this class, that implements >> javax.sql.DataSource: >> >> \standard\impl\src\main\java\org\apache\taglibs\standard\tag\common\sql\DataSourceWrapper.java >> >> Java 7 will allow us to support a later version of JDBC and will allow >> this project to build on Gump. > > There is also an issue with the I18N tags taking a long time to start on a > Java6 platform due to changes in the way Locales are located by the JRE. I > remember some discussion on fixing this but a requirement to stay on Java 5 > meant having to build two implementations and switch between them which I'd > planned to do once a release was out. If we pre-req 6 or 7 then the > implementation can just be updated and this issue closed easier.
Would the TCK pass if it was on Java 7? Hen --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@tomcat.apache.org
