[RESULT][VOTE] Adopt Java 1.5 as the minimum Java release for ManifoldCF

[Karl Wright <da...@gmail.com>]

Although it hasn't been the quite required 3 days, this vote isn't
binding anyway, so I'm going to declare it closed and commit the code.

Karl

On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 7:32 PM, Karl Wright <da...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Please have a look at CONNECTORS-203 and vote +1 if you think it's
> time to move beyond Java 1.4 at the source level, to Java 1.5.  I did
> some work on this over the weekend and managed to convince myself that
> a migration to a newer Java version will have no obvious ill effects.
> But I'd like your thoughts.
>
> Especially interesting will be whether or not we try to maintain
> backwards compatibility in the connector interfaces: IConnector,
> IRepositoryConnector, IAuthorityConnector, and IOutputConnector.  I
> have some ideas how I could bring these into the modern world in a
> relatively painless manner, should the community require it.  But I'd
> like to hear your views as to whether we *should* work towards that
> end, or be willing to disrupt our early adopters in this process.
>
> Karl
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