On 10 February 2012 15:18, Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org> wrote:
> On 10/02/2012 14:41, Ralph Goers wrote:
>> In many cases the differences between Java 5 and 6 aren't noticeable.
>> If the project doesn't require anything from Java 6, why require it?
>> I'm sure there are quite a few places where it is still being used
>> despite the end of support.
>
> I think there are several reasons:
> - It strikes me as odd to release a new version of a component - such as
> pool2 - targeting a version of the JVM that is already effectively obsolete.

So are you saying that if we release a new version of commons-logging
it should require Java 1.6?
That would be completely unnecessary.

> - There are some platforms (I am thinking primarily of OSX) where
> getting ones hands on a Java 5 implementation requires a fair amount of
> jumping through hoops. [1]

But surely Eclipse can be told to target Java 1.5 ? That would at
least deal with the compiler warnings.

> - Pool2 feeds dbcp2 and Java6 includes JDBC4 which is not backwards
> compatible with JDBC3. DBCP is already jumping through hoops with
> 1.3/1.4 and targeting Java6 makes DBCP easier

I don't see how problems with JDBC are relevant to Pool.

> - Something we have seen in Tomcat is JVM bugs not being fixed in older
> releases. The fewer older JVM versions we target, the less likely we are
> to hit these sorts of bugs. Granted, I haven't seen any of this in
> Commons. Yet.

> Some of these arguments are pool2 specific but overall, my preference is
> for targeting the lowest currently supported version of the JVM unless
> there is a compelling argument not to.

Java 1.5 *is* still supported.

> Mark
>
>
> [1] I happened to be using my Mac to work on pool 2 and noticed a whole
> bunch of @Override warnings because my Mac doesn't have a Java 5 (mainly
> because after the latest OS upgrade I couldn't be bothered to jump
> through the hoops yet again(,
>
>
>>
>> In short, if the project needs features found only in Java 6 then
>> make it the minimum, otherwise support Java 5.
>>
>> Ralph
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>> On Feb 10, 2012, at 5:51 AM, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> [pool2] just went from Java 5 to Java 6 because Java 5 requires
>>> paid-for support from Oracle.
>>>
>>> How does the ML feel about moving projects that are now on Java 5
>>> to Java 6?
>>>
>>> Thank you, Gary
>>>
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