2015-11-24 22:06 GMT+01:00 Thomas Neidhart <thomas.neidh...@gmail.com>:
> On 11/24/2015 09:55 PM, Uwe Barthel wrote: > >> I've updated JXPATH to Java 7. There is a lot of work to update the code > >> base to use Java 7 languages features and APIs. I invite everybody to > join > >> me here… > > > > Do you like to start these changes before or after the release 1.4? > > I prefer to create the release as soon as possible and start rework on > that baseline. > > If the idea is to roll out a bugfix release that people are awaiting > then I do not see the point in updating the minimum java version and > changing the code to use new language / jdk features. > The problem with JDK 1.4 is, that I don't have it on any machine. The oldest JDK you can get for Mac OS X to my knowledge is 1.6. I wouldn't want to RM for a project when I can't test with the target JDK. If anybody knows where to get a JDK 1.4 for Mac OS, that would be very much appreciated. > > This will just limit the use of the bugfix release, as not every > application using it will have been upgraded already. Also, every change > might introduce another problem, but this is up to the judgement of the > maintainer(s). > > For the release afterwards (i.e. 1.5), I think it is fine to apply all > the changes, and updating the minimum java version in minor releases is > ok and has been done for other components already. > Just my 2 cents > > Thomas > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > -- http://people.apache.org/~britter/ http://www.systemoutprintln.de/ http://twitter.com/BenediktRitter http://github.com/britter
