Re: Java 1.4

Hi,

According to zeroturnaround.com's latest survey, only 6% of the java
developers are stuck on 1.4 or older.

I also think that those who are stuck on java 1.4, are probably stuck
with an older postgresql-server anyways :-(


-kny



On Thu, 2012-05-17 at 13:25 -0400, Dave Cramer wrote:
> This topic just came up again.
>
> I am going to propose that we drop support for 1.4 if there are no objections ?
>
>
> Dave Cramer
>
> dave.cramer(at)credativ(dot)ca
> http://www.credativ.ca
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 7:31 AM, Dave Cramer <pg@fastcrypt.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 12:54 PM, Kris Jurka <books@ejurka.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, 24 Jan 2012, Dave Cramer wrote:
> >>
> >>> It occurs to me that if we move to git then we can keep two branches
> >>> active. One branch would support 1.4 for backpatches and the other
> >>> branch would drop 1.4 support and new features would be developed on
> >>> that line.
> >>
> >> I don't think this is a real feasible option.  Who is really going to take
> >> it upon themselves to maintain this separate 1.4 branch?  Do patch
> >> submitters need to submit two versions of every patch, one for 1.4 and one
> >> for 1.5+.  Git is not going to magically make this all work.
> >>
> >> Kris Jurka
> >>
> >
> > Well my suggestion was that the 1.4 branch would only get bug fix
> > support, not new features. However you are correct multiple patches
> > would be required which would increase the effort required to submit
> > patches. I would agree this is not what we want.
> >
> > If we are in agreement to drop 1.4 support then this discussion is moot.
> >
> > Does anyone have any strong objections to dropping 1.4 support ?
> >
> > Dave Cramer
> >
> > dave.cramer(at)credativ(dot)ca
> > http://www.credativ.ca
>