[jgrapht-developers] upcoming releases

[John V. S. <js...@gm...>]

Here's an update on the plan for upcoming releases. If you are a JGraphT 
user and have feedback on this plan, now is the time to speak up.

JGraphT 0.6.0. This will be the first (and possibly last) release 
requiring JDK/JVM 1.4. Instead of naming it 0.5.4, we will name it 0.6.0 
to emphasize incompatibility with older JVM's. The target timeframe for 
this release is July.

JGraphT 0.7.0. Christian Hammer has contributed a port of the core 
JGraphT classes to JDK 1.5 with generics. No more typecasting vertices 
and edges when you access a graph! After 0.6.0 has been released, 
Christian will check his changes into CVS, and we will start requiring 
JDK 1.5 to build JGraphT.

If you are unable to upgrade to 1.5, fear not. We have tested 
Christian's port with the Retroweaver project, and we have an automated 
solution for producing a 1.4-compatible type-erased backport without 
needing to maintain both codelines. Releases starting with 0.7.0 will 
include two jars (one for use with JDK/JVM 1.4, and one for use with 
JDK/JVM 1.5).

The timeframe for the 0.7.0 release has not yet been determined. If you 
would like to volunteer with porting remaining portions of JGraphT to 
JDK 1.5, please respond to this message.

JVS