Oliver Heger wrote: > Thanks for the feedback so far. However, before taking concrete actions > I would like to put the question again in a broader scope. > > The question is: Is it okay for a component to change its minimum > required JDK from 1.3 to 1.4 in a minor release?
We are about to do this in dbcp 1.3/1.4. We did talk about it a while back and came to pretty much the same conclusion below. I am +1 on allowing components to drop 1.3 support in a .x release. Phil > > I just want to make sure that there are no vetos when it comes to the > next release. > > Oliver > >> Oliver Heger wrote: >> >>> Currently the 1.x version of [configuration] requires JDK 1.3. I wonder >>> whether it makes sense to switch to JDK 1.4 instead. >>> >>> I used to think that a switch of the minimum JDK version was only >>> possible for a major release. However, JDK 1.3 reached its EOL so long >>> ago that this should not be an issue now. >>> >>> Also, JDK 1.4 would make some things easier for us. For instance, we >>> could drop some XML-related dependencies. And we would not have to test >>> a release on a JDK 1.3. >>> >>> Are there any objections? >> >> +1, go ahead >> >> - Jörg >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
