From: Alexis O'C. <ale...@ou...> - 2007-01-17 09:24:48
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Peter Crowther wrote: >> From: Antony Corfield >> Can you remind us (more specifically a cake-eating weegie) what the >> policy is for java versions (1.4/1.5). My understanding is >> that we keep >> backwards compatibility for java 1.4. i.e. should compile and >> run with java 1.4 >> > > That's also my understanding of the policy. However, given the apparent > alignment of Bodington and Sakai and the apparent stability of Java 1.5, > would it make sense to align the policy with Sakai and head towards 1.5 > relatively soon? > > - Peter > > Hmmm... not entirely a stupid idea. Bearing in mind that JDK 1.6 went final several months ago, that would mean we were only *1* major version behind ;-). Alexis |