+1 Nicolas
> Le 16 juin 2024 à 08:10, Jaikiran Pai <jaiki...@apache.org> a écrit : > > Hello everyone, > > 4 years back in 2020, we initiated an vote to EOL 1.9.x release versions of > Apache Ant. We didn't receive enough votes at that time to formalize it > (which is OK). The last release of Ant 1.9.x release series was back in 2021 > and that was a security fix. The Ant 1.9.x branch hasn't seen any recent > commits in around 2 years. At the same time the Ant master branch from where > we do the 1.10.x release has been active with bug fixes and relatively > smaller enhancements. We have been releasing Ant 1.10.x regularly too. > > Ant 1.9.x allows Java 5 as a runtime whereas Ant 1.10.x requires Java 8 as > the minimal runtime. The support for Java 5 has been the sole reason why the > last few times we proposed EOLing 1.9.x, the vote didn't pass. Having said > that, I (one of the release managers of Ant) haven't had access to Java 5 for > several years now. Plus, Ant 1.9.x doesn't have several of the bug fixes that > have gone into Ant 1.10.x since the past several years. The decision to not > backport bug fixes from 1.10.x into 1.9.x has been intentional, it not easy > to maintain Java 5 compatibility for code changes, plus the development time > and testing time for such backports isn't something that we wanted to invest > in. So effectively, Ant 1.9.x currently lacks features and fixes when > compared to 1.10.x. > > Given all this, I would like to officially call for vote to EOL 1.9.x > releases. What that would mean is that there won't be any more Ant 1.9.x > releases. Ant 1.9.16, the last release in this 1.9.x series, 3 years back, > would officially be the last one. If users do want to use that version, they > can continue to do so by getting it from the usual Apache Ant download page. > > Having EOLed 1.9.x, the Ant team can then solely focus on 1.10.x and that > makes it much more simpler to deal with managing the project infrastructure > as well as code changes. As usual, please cast your vote by replying to the > list. > > This vote will close in 72 hours, no earlier than 19 June 2024, 06:30 UTC. > > -Jaikiran > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@ant.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@ant.apache.org
