On 13/01/2009, Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org> wrote: > > From: sebb [mailto:seb...@gmail.com] > > > > > Looks like some of the changes to the JDBC API mean that it is not > > possible to create a single version of DBCP which is compatible with > > both Java 1.4 and 1.6. > > > > Will that mean moving DBCP to a minimum of Java 1.6? > > Or can it be made compatible with 1.5 and 1.6? > > What are the plans for supporting Java 1.4 and 1.5? > > > > I don't actually use (or plan to use) DBCP, I'm just trying to ensure > > that it's clearly stated what solving the problems for Java 1.6 would > > mean for earlier Java releases. > > > I haven't looked at what this might mean yet but I see no issue with > dropping support for 1.4 if that is required. I would be more concerned with > dropping 1.5 support. >
I would be happy with dropping 1.4 support if that is required, but I agree that 1.5 support should not be dropped yet. By the way, it looks like the JBDC3 flags could be removed unless there is any need to support a version of Java older than 1.4 - which seems very unlikely. > > Mark > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
