If you read the planning thread, you see that a lot of folks want to move to the generified Wicket version and don't want to wait 6-8 months to deploy on their production boxes.
Martijn On 3/17/08, Maurice Marrink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why does a quick release imply dropping 1.3? > IMO if we do a 1.4m1 release and then "slowly" add additional stuff to > 1.4 we could continue to support 1.3. > Not that i need 1.3 but it just seems odd to throw away 1.3 so quickly > after we released it. > AFAIK we have the following branches: > 1.2.x : critical bugs only? > 1.3.x: current > 2.x: dead > 1.4.x: future > so by doing a quick release of 1.4-m1 we would have to support 1.3 and > 1.4 but we only actively need to develop 1.4. > > please correct me if i am wrong. > > Maurice > > On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 10:50 AM, Sebastiaan van Erk > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hmm... bummer. :-) > > > > How hard can it be to throw out all references to generics and insert > > the casts where necessary? :-) But you're right... at least in eclipse > > it complains if you put the source compliance level higher than the > > class file compliance level... > > > > Regards, > > Sebastiaan > > > > > > > > Johan Compagner wrote: > > > dont think you can compile java 5 source (with generics) to 1.4 > > > you have to use something like retroweaver then > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 9:27 AM, Sebastiaan van Erk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > > >> Hi, > > >> > > >> I was wondering to what extent it is possible to have generics added to > > >> 1.3 but have it compile to 1.4 if necessary? Isn't that a just a > > >> question of not using other Java 1.5 constructs such as enums and new > > >> JDK classes? Wouldn't that solve most people's problems that need to > > >> stick to Java 1.4? > > >> > > >> Regards, > > >> Sebastiaan > > >> > > >> Martijn Dashorst wrote: > > >>> This thread is the accompanying discussion thread for the ongoing vote > > >>> on the same subject. Please use this discussion thread for voicing > > >>> your opinion or asking questions. This makes counting the votes much > > >>> easier. > > >>> > > >>> The discussion on our development list makes it clear that a lot of > > >>> folks are anxious for generified models. Most users if not all wish us > > >>> to release a quick release which is 1.3 + generics. The consequence is > > >>> that the core team will stop to support 1.3, and that everybody that > > >>> wishes updates will have to migrate to 1.4, and upgrade to Java 5. > > >>> > > >>> Why should we keep supporting 1.3 and JDK 1.4? > > >>> > > >>> Why only a generified release, and not a full release with more Java5 > > >>> conversions? > > >>> > > >>> Martijn > > >>> > > >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >>> 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] > > -- Buy Wicket in Action: http://manning.com/dashorst Apache Wicket 1.3.2 is released Get it now: http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/wicket/1.3.2 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
