Re: [ jEdit-users ] [ jEdit-announce ] jEdit 4.3pre6 + Java 1.5

[Robert H. <si...@gm...>]

Alan Ezust wrote:
> After discussing this with many developers and users, we have come to
> a concensus.
> 
> As of Jedit 4.3pre6, support for Java 1.4 will be dropped. All future
> versions of jEdit 4.3 must run on a JDK 1.5 implementation (or later).
> 
> This means now we (developers) can use the java.util.concurrent
> package, the new collections, and the latest XML apis we want.
> 
> This will make it a lot easier to remove old code and workarounds from
> jedit's core. I predict the quality of the software will greatly
> improve as a result of this decision.
> 
> If you still want/need to run Java 1.4, that's what Jedit 4.2 is for.
> it's a stable release for a widely used version of java, that still
> works great with a lot of plugins. If you want to be up to date on the
> latest and greatest, you probably already have java 1.5 anyway.
> 
> I'll be updating the website to reflect this information shortly.
>


Thanks for making the decision. I look forward to trying pre6.

Robert