On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 3:32 PM, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 9:19 AM, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 25 February 2012 14:05, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Because we are using (still) some Java 6 code for this recent >> contribution. >> >> > Ready, set, ... go? >> >> -1 >> >> Completely unnecessary in this case. > > Really? IMO, this process is unnecessary:
+1 > - A developer sees a feature/bug that needs attention and takes the time to > develop it, test it and submit a patch using current technology, Java 6, > not even 7. > - The patch is rejected because it is a Java 6 patch > - A developer redoes the patch for Java 5 and the code is committed to trunk > - I find that the code is still not right for Java 5 and suggest we move to > Java 6. > - A developer changes the code AGAIN for Java 5, finally getting it right. > > This shows to me that we have created -- intentionally -- an impediment for > people to contribute to this project. +1 > Java 5 is dead and no one is forced to use a new version of this project > that requires Java 6. +1 It is not a policy to this project to keep jdk dependency as low as possible. People with outdated jdks can use the outdated commons packages. We can even make a release of an older commons package if we feel the need. But for current development we should use current technologies. Doing otherwise is - as Gary pointed out - an unnecessary restriction and for sure does not attract new committers. Cheers, Christian > Gary > > >> > IMO, I do not think this requires a formal vote, but we can have one... >> > >> > Gary >> > >> > -- >> > E-Mail: garydgreg...@gmail.com | ggreg...@apache.org >> > JUnit in Action, 2nd Ed: <http://goog_1249600977>http://bit.ly/ECvg0 >> > Spring Batch in Action: <http://s.apache.org/HOq>http://bit.ly/bqpbCK >> > Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com >> > Home: http://garygregory.com/ >> > Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org >> >> > > > -- > E-Mail: garydgreg...@gmail.com | ggreg...@apache.org > JUnit in Action, 2nd Ed: <http://goog_1249600977>http://bit.ly/ECvg0 > Spring Batch in Action: <http://s.apache.org/HOq>http://bit.ly/bqpbCK > Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com > Home: http://garygregory.com/ > Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory -- http://www.grobmeier.de https://www.timeandbill.de --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
