Reinhard Poetz wrote:


On [EMAIL PROTECTED] we have started to dicuss whether we can make Java 5 becoming the minimum requirement for Cocoon 2.2. Note that this discussion is completly unrelated to Cocoon 2.1 which needs JDK 1.3.

The arguments pro Java 5 which was officially releases almost 2 years ago, are the support of generics, annotations, build-in JMX, simpler loop syntax, and many small improvements to a lot of classes.

As Cocoon 2.2 hasn't been released yet, there is no existing user base. Hence people are not forced to use Java 5 just because of a new patch release. We plan to do a release based on the 2.1.X branch within the next months, which might be the last one of this series.

The question now is whether making Java 5 the minimum requirement is a hurdle for people who plan to migrate or not.

Your opinion is appreciated!

+1

* Cocoon was always "next generation" technology. I think it's more fun for the developers to work with Java 5. Fun is an important factor in open source projects. * It will take some time until a new stable Cocoon 2.2 will be out and it will take much more time until people have migrated their applications. The migration work has to be done anyway.

Regards
Werner



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