http://bugzilla.slf4j.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31
--- Comment #75 from Joern Huxhorn <[email protected]> 2009-12-27 03:07:31 --- Concerning the dropping of support for JDK<1.5 I'd like to cite the developer of the Twitter4J API about the reasons why he will stay compatible with 1.4 for an indefinite time. > Speaking of the EOSL of JDK1.4.2, there's tree reasons Twitter4J 2.1.0 will > still support JDK1.4.2 which are: > 1. The EOSL is about Sun's JVM implementation. > IBM WebSphere6.0 is still alive and it doesn't support Java5 or later. > http://www-01.ibm.com/software/websphere/support/lifecycle/index_by_eos.html > http://groups.google.com/group/twitter4j/browse_thread/thread/12d98565c788448f > There are tons of active Oracle WebLogic Server 8.1 users which also don't > support Java5. > WLS 8.1 has been EOL'ed three months ago, but customers can get extended > support with $$$. > > I personally suggest them to migrate those proprietary and close-sourced > application servers to open source application servers such as JBoss to save > $$$. > > 2. Sun's JDK1.4.2 has been EOL'ed a year ago, but they're still supporting > They have "Java SE for Business Release" offering and customers who don't > want to migrate to the latest JDK can get support from Sun with $$$. > http://java.sun.com/products/archive/eol.policy.html > And once Oracle acquired Sun, Oracle could launch a lifetime support offering. > -> P13 Extended Support > http://www.oracle.com/corporate/pricing/technology-price-list.pdf > > 3. There are so many "EOL? huh? who cares?" type of people. > As it is not that difficult to keep supporting JDK1.4.2 in OOTB way, I want > Twitter4J to cover those people. I think there are several projects like that which would like to stay compatible with the smallest JDK version possible. And just for the record: The official (Sun) J2SE 5.0 End of Service Life was 2009-11-03. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.slf4j.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug. _______________________________________________ slf4j-dev mailing list [email protected] http://qos.ch/mailman/listinfo/slf4j-dev
