--- Ben Speakmon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Another issue is that Sun has end-of-lifed JDK 1.3. > It doesn't make sense to > me to continue to support a platform even Sun has > given up on.
I know what it's like to work in slow-adoption shops. My current shop is just _about_ to move from 1.4 to 1.5 . While this isn't as drastic as being stuck on 1.3, the shop I worked for previously stayed on 1.2 pretty much until the place folded up in 2005. Fundamental libs like commons-* should IMHO support older JDKs if at all possible, despite the fact that the drastic change represented by generics will force us to go to Java 5+ for e.g. [collections]. -Matt > > On Dec 3, 2007 7:26 AM, Matt Benson > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- Henri Yandell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > We've three 1.3 specific compile time problems. > Do > > > we move to 1.4, or > > > just fix these? > > > > > > Two currently in SVN: > > > > > > [javac] > > > > > > > > /Users/hen/apache/commons-proper/lang/src/java/org/apache/commons/lang/text/ExtendedMessageFormat.java:356: > > > MessageFormat(java.lang.String,java.util.Locale) > has > > > private access in > > > java.text.MessageFormat > > > [javac] super(pattern, locale); > > > [javac] ^ > > > [javac] > > > > > > > > /Users/hen/apache/commons-proper/lang/src/java/org/apache/commons/lang/text/NumberMetaFormat.java:120: > > > cannot resolve symbol > > > [javac] symbol : method getIntegerInstance > > > (java.util.Locale) > > > [javac] location: class > java.text.NumberFormat > > > [javac] > > > .getIntegerInstance(getLocale())); > > > > > > and one in the simplest solution to LANG-381. > > > > > > Thoughts? 1.4 time? > > > > Ugh, sorry the subject didn't catch my attention > > during perfunctory weekend email checking. This > > ExtendedMessageFormat stuff has sure been a can of > > worms. I don't think there's any reason to force > a > > JRE upgrade on my account. I've fixed one of > these > > (will check in momentarily) and will be > investigating > > the other. > > > > -Matt > > > > > > > > Hen > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > > Get easy, one-click access to your favorites. > > Make Yahoo! your homepage. > > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
