On Tue, Aug 17, 2021 at 2:08 PM Frank Ch. Eigler <f...@redhat.com> wrote:

>
> > [...]  Eclipse tries to keep up to date with libraries shipped. Quite
> > often the effort of moving to new versions of a library (e.g. lucene)
> > requires changes in Eclipse itself
>
> Is this level of backward non-compatibility typical in Java?
>

I would not say in Java overall but in certain projects - YES!


>
> > and Fedora being ahead/behind with versions puts too much burden on
> > the maintainer. This is the number two item when classified by time
> > spent.
>
> Fedora could ship some frozen/LTS versions of libraries, if these exist
> and do not constitute a security problem.  If that's not an option
> either, to this outsider it looks like building on quicksand, paddling
> as fast as possible to stay above the mud.
>
> - FChE
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