On 29 February 2012 20:34, Oliver Heger <oliver.he...@oliver-heger.de> wrote: > -0 > > I can understand that we all are keen to work with the latest and greatest > technology. Therefore, if we really needed a feature of a newer JDK, I would > certainly be +1. > > Given the functionality we provide in [lang] and the JDK classes we use, > IMHO the minor differences between JDK 1.6 and 1.5 are currently not > relevant. So I see no compelling reason to exclude a user group (even if it > may be a minority).
My thoughts exactly. > Oliver > > Am 27.02.2012 22:16, schrieb Gary Gregory: > >> Hello All: >> >> This VOTE is to update the platform requirement for Commons Lang trunk to >> Java 6 from Java 5. >> >> The reasons are: >> >> - Stop wasting time back porting code contributions from Java 6 to Java 5. >> - Stop fixing erroneous commits that happened to use Java 6 methods. >> - Stop using a dead version of Java for current development >> >> - Use a current version of Java for current development in trunk >> - Attract more developers and interest. >> >> The current version of Lang is 3.1 and requires Java 5. If more Java >> 5-only >> patches are needed, they will be performed on a branch. >> >> This VOTE is open for at least 72 hours (March 1, 2012 at 16:20PM EST) >> >> Thank you, >> Gary >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
