> From: Jesse Glick <jesse.gl...@oracle.com> > To: dev@ant.apache.org > Date: 01/27/2012 01:44 PM > Subject: [VOTE] Drop JDK 1.4 after 1.8.3 > > As suggested in 1.8.3 thread, I propose we drop JDK 1.4 support in > trunk after Ant 1.8.3 is released. It is long past EOL > <http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/eol-135779.html> and > cumbersome to even get installed for testing. (Note that JDK 5 is > also past EOL, but I am not proposing > dropping JDK 5 support in this vote.) > > Switching trunk sources to assume JDK 5 would, among other things, > permit use of generics to make code clearer. It is also possible > that annotations could be used to > document tasks/types and their configuration. And of course there > are various API enhancements that may be of use; a search for "jdk1. > 5" in build.xml shows some things > that could be simplified, and there is likely more that would be > used if it were easy to do so.
Is there a +1000 option?
