--- Oleg Kalnichevski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto:
>
> On Tue, 2007-11-13 at 15:52 +0100, Stojce Dimski wrote:
> > Do you people have considered moving code to Java 5 and maybe using
> > something like this http://retrotranslator.sourceforge.net/ for
> > backward compatibility for Java 1.4/1.3 ? There is even a maven
> plugin
> > ;-)
> > Some small dependency as
> > http://backport-jsr166.sourceforge.net/index.php could bring
> benefits
> > of java.util.concurrent...
> > Many many users which use Java 5/6 will have not even one
> dependency...
> > What is the reason to remain on 1.3, and religious refuse to any
> > dependency ?
> > There are http://code.google.com/p/google-collections/ which will
> > probably become a part of Java7, have a look:
> >
>
http://publicobject.com/2007/09/series-recap-coding-in-small-with.html
> > and tell me if this is of no use and benefit...
> > Maybe some small compromise could benefit greatly, WDYT ?
> >
> >
>
> Hi Stojce
>
> Here's my personal take on this issue
>
> (1) Initially the main reason for 1.3 compatibility was easy
> portability
> to Java Micro Edition. Now, as Sun is believed to be considering
> deprecating JME in favor of straight JSE, 1.3 compatibility may no
> longer be of any practical value, but 1.4 compatibility may still
> prove
> useful.
>
> (2) HttpCore is meant to be used at the very bottom of a complex
> component stack. The use of external dependencies has unpleasant
> implication of forcing the user into transitive dependency on a
> _specific_ version of those dependencies. The more transitive
> dependencies there are, the higher are the chances of running into a
> version conflict. Low level libraries such as HttpCore ought not have
> external dependencies if they want to play nicely with other
> libraries.
>
> HttpCore is currently a more mature set of components in
> HttpComponents,
> but in future its importance will lessen as there will be other
> higher
> level components built on top of it such as HttpClient, which are
> more
> suitable for end users. We can certainly be much less restrictive
> about
> JRE compatibility requirement and the use of external dependencies
> for
> those components.
>
> I personally would favor upgrading HttpClient 4.0 to Java 1.5, for
> instance. It is still not too late.
>
> Oleg
>
>
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