[Pydev-code] Java 7 and Apache Commons

[Jonah G. <jo...@ki...>]

Hello,

I know that PyDev officially supports Eclipse 3.2+[1]/Java 6+ (or
5?)[2], however I would like to use some features of Java 7 (e.g.
java.nio stuff). In addition I would love to be able to use various
apache commons stuff (e.g. StringUtils[3]).

What are the issues/(other?) with supporting older versions of Eclipse/Java/etc?

Thoughts/comments?
Thanks,
Jonah

[1] There is a little bit of code with correct try/catch in
PydevPlugin for supporting Eclipse 4+ if it is available.
[2] On http://pydev.org/download.html it states Jave 6+ (Java 7
recommended), but on http://pydev.org/developers.html for developers
the request is still Java 5 API?
[3] If PyDev did become dependent on apache commons, then I could go
and remove the (then) redundant code in PyDev's StringUtils?