> -----Original Message----- > From: Niall Pemberton [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 7:40 AM > To: Commons Users List > Subject: Re: [VFS] Minimum Java version > > On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 3:34 PM, Ralph Goers<[email protected]> > wrote: > > The packages haven't been changed so far. But this would definitely have > to > > be considered whether we would want to take on the package renaming > right > > now. > > With IO there were only a couple of JDK 1.5 changes that would have > broken compatibility - so we didn't make those changes and therefore > haven't had to do a package re-name. If VFS decides to moved to JDK > 1.5 I would suggest doing compatible changes first and then creating a > list/patch of incompatible changes for review - then make the decision > based on how desirable/major/minor those changes are.
That seems to complicate matters IMO. If we care about having v1 and v2 co-exist in a Java 5 application, then the v2 packages must to be renamed. So if that is what we want, let us just bite the bullet and rename now. Gary > > Niall > > > The minimum JDK for 1.0 was 1.3, although it isn't clear that that was > > correct. The minimum JDK for 2.0 has already been changed to 1.4 since > some > > of the code actually required that version to run. > > > > Ralph > > > > On Aug 19, 2009, at 7:24 AM, James Carman wrote:If > > > >> Are they going to change the package name? > >> > >> On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 10:18 AM, Ralph > Goers<[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >>> > >>> Currently the minimum Java version for VFS 2.0 is 1.4. VFS 2.0 has > not > >>> been > >>> released and the developers are considering making the minimum version > >>> JDK > >>> 5. We are interested in getting feedback from the community however > >>> before > >>> this change is made. So please respond with your thoughts on this. > >>> > >>> Ralph > >>> > >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >>> > >>> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >> > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
