Re: [lang] 1.3 problems

2007-12-03 Thread Henri Yandell
Yeah, let me boot up my Solaris 8 box ;) Hen On Dec 3, 2007 10:15 AM, Ben Speakmon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Point taken :) > > > On Dec 3, 2007 10:12 AM, Christoph Kutzinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > That's not entirely true > > > > http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/download.html > > "On So

Re: [lang] 1.3 problems

2007-12-03 Thread Paul Benedict
> > --- Ben Speakmon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Another issue is that Sun has end-of-lifed JDK 1.3. > > It doesn't make sense to > > me to continue to support a platform even Sun has > > given up on. > Since all contributions are on a volunteer-basis, if somebody really wants it fixed for 1.

Re: [lang] 1.3 problems

2007-12-03 Thread Matt Benson
--- Ben Speakmon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Another issue is that Sun has end-of-lifed JDK 1.3. > It doesn't make sense to > me to continue to support a platform even Sun has > given up on. I know what it's like to work in slow-adoption shops. My current shop is just _about_ to move from 1.4

Re: [lang] 1.3 problems

2007-12-03 Thread Ben Speakmon
Point taken :) On Dec 3, 2007 10:12 AM, Christoph Kutzinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That's not entirely true > > http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/download.html > "On Solaris 8 - J2SE 1.3.1 is continuing in the Sun End of Life (EOL) > process. The EOL transition period began Oct 25, 2004 and will

Re: [lang] 1.3 problems

2007-12-03 Thread Christoph Kutzinski
That's not entirely true http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/download.html "On Solaris 8 - J2SE 1.3.1 is continuing in the Sun End of Life (EOL) process. The EOL transition period began Oct 25, 2004 and will continue until the the end of the Solaris 8 five year Vintage Support Period." ;-) > Another

Re: [lang] 1.3 problems

2007-12-03 Thread Ben Speakmon
Another issue is that Sun has end-of-lifed JDK 1.3. It doesn't make sense to me to continue to support a platform even Sun has given up on. On Dec 3, 2007 7:26 AM, Matt Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- Henri Yandell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > We've three 1.3 specific compile time pro

Re: [lang] 1.3 problems

2007-12-03 Thread Matt Benson
--- Henri Yandell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We've three 1.3 specific compile time problems. Do > we move to 1.4, or > just fix these? > > Two currently in SVN: > > [javac] > /Users/hen/apache/commons-proper/lang/src/java/org/apache/commons/lang/text/ExtendedMessageFormat.java:356: > Messa

RE: [lang] 1.3 problems

2007-12-03 Thread Jörg Schaible
1.5 + new package! Stephen Colebourne wrote: > My preference is to keep this release and branch of [lang] as 1.3 > compatible, primarily as part of the purpose of [lang] is to > fill in JDK > holes for old JDKs. > > I would then suggest that [lang] switches to Java 5, in a new package. > > Steph

Re: [lang] 1.3 problems

2007-12-02 Thread Hanson Char
1.5+ time! On Dec 2, 2007 1:45 AM, Stephen Colebourne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My preference is to keep this release and branch of [lang] as 1.3 > compatible, primarily as part of the purpose of [lang] is to fill in JDK > holes for old JDKs. > > I would then suggest that [lang] switches to Jav

Re: [lang] 1.3 problems

2007-12-02 Thread Stephen Colebourne
My preference is to keep this release and branch of [lang] as 1.3 compatible, primarily as part of the purpose of [lang] is to fill in JDK holes for old JDKs. I would then suggest that [lang] switches to Java 5, in a new package. Stephen Henri Yandell wrote: We've three 1.3 specific compile

RE: [lang] 1.3 problems

2007-12-01 Thread Gary Gregory
1.4 time! Gary > -Original Message- > From: Henri Yandell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2007 8:21 PM > To: Commons Developers List > Subject: [lang] 1.3 problems > > We've three 1.3 specific compile time problems. Do we move to 1.4, or > just fix these? > > Two

Re: [lang] 1.3 problems

2007-12-01 Thread Ben Speakmon
1.4 time. On Dec 1, 2007 8:20 PM, Henri Yandell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We've three 1.3 specific compile time problems. Do we move to 1.4, or > just fix these? > > Two currently in SVN: > >[javac] > /Users/hen/apache/commons-proper/lang/src/java/org/apache/commons/lang/text/ExtendedMessa