Go ahead and do it - we've make the same changes in other places in the
code for the same reason before.
Otis
--- Bernhard Messer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> since the last changes in lucene, we are not longer backward
> compatible
> with jdk 1.3. All the pure guys, running IBM WebSphere 4.x with IBM
> JDK
> 1.3, lost their chances to run lucene newer than version 1.4.2.
> Especially in huge companies, where it is not so trivial to upgrade
> to a
> new java version, this could reduce the acceptance for lucene
>
> There are two major reasons for loosing the compatibility:
> - the new MMapDirectory class
> - several code parts like:
> ...
> catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
> throw new RuntimeException(e);
> }
> ...
>
> I think we simply can ignore the first one because MMapDirectory is
> optional anyway. This is an acceptable price for using outdated
> software ;-)
> The second problem could be solved easily using the string
> constructor
> in java.lang.RuntimeException which is available since 1.0.
> At least we have to document it somehow. There is a chapter "What are
>
> Lucene system requirements" in the faq. Is this an ideal place to
> document it.
>
> I'd like to make the changes for being backward compatible as far as
> possible. Does anybody disagree ?
>
> Bernhard
>
>
>
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