Re: [discuss] Java 5

[Rahul Thakur <ra...@gmail.com>]

This thread kinda died off silently....

Just wondering if there was a user survey about switching to Java 5.0?

Rahul


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jason van Zyl" <ja...@maven.org>
To: "Maven Developers List" <de...@maven.apache.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2006 6:09 AM
Subject: Re: [discuss] Java 5


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> On 7 Jul 06, at 2:36 AM 7 Jul 06, Brett Porter wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I wanted to get thoughts on starting to require a Java 5 JVM to run 
>> stuff we build. We currently restrict to 1.4 across the board.
>>
>>
>
> I think before this can be done we need to make sure we're not making 
> life difficult for people. It may be the case that most people don't 
> have a problem using a 1.5 JDK in their environment but it might be 
> an ideal time to use one of the online survey services to take a real 
> poll. If the vast majority of users were not adversely affected by a 
> move to 1.5 I would be fine with, as I'd like to use 1.5 where 
> possible. But if it's not the case we probably should hold off on 
> this requirement.
>
>> Here's what I'm thinking:
>> - MRM and Continuum should switch now. Stuff built there is rarely 
>> consumed elsewhere, and a Java 5 requirement outside of that is 
>> reasonable
>> - We could switch for Maven 2.1, as long as we have improved  support 
>> for invoking external toolchains. This would facilitate  doing some 
>> much nicer stuff with plugins like annotations.
>> - A generified plexus would be very cool, but is an aside here and 
>> post plexus-1.0 in my opinion.
>> - I think it's best to keep the lower requirement on Doxia,  Surefire 
>> (1.3), and Wagon for now.
>>
>> Does anyone have any thoughts on this?
>>
>> I'll likely propose a vote on the first point before the first/next 
>> releases of them unless there are reasons not to.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Brett
>>
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