+1 -----Original Message----- From: Antoine Levy-Lambert <anto...@gmx.de> Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:28:13 To: Ant Developers List<dev@ant.apache.org> Reply-To: "Ant Developers List" <dev@ant.apache.org> Subject: Re: [VOTE] Drop JDK 1.4 after 1.8.3
+1 Antoine On 1/27/12 1:42 PM, Jesse Glick wrote: > 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. > > [X] +1: announce that 1.8.3 will be the last version of Ant to support > JDK 1.4, and after it is branched, permit trunk sources to assume JDK > 5+, updating CI jobs accordingly > [ ] ±0: not sure, maybe continuing to support JDK 1.4 is useful, leave > it alone for now > [ ] -1: please no, we still need to support JDK 1.4 in 1.8.4 or 1.9 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@ant.apache.org
