Re: [Bodington-developers] Java 1.5

[Alistair Y. <ali...@sm...>]

My learned leek loving colleague is referring to uhi specific add-ons to
clan that were written using 1.5 constructs. So he couldn't compile them
;)

Bod compiles just fine under 1.5. I think the debate is about using 1.5
constructs. If we do that then there's no going back, 1.4 will not be
supported.

Major applications such as the Wildfire jabber server do not support 1.4
any more.

Sakai 2.4 will not support 1.4.

Should the next release of Bodington move in a similar direction?

Alistair


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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 appare=
nt
>> 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?
>
> I'm all for moving to build and deploying against 1.5.
>
> Reasons not to move:
> - Obscure platforms with only 1.4.
> - Developers without much 1.5 experience, although this would be an
> opportunity to develop (I'm in this camp).
>
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