Re: Java 1.4

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

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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
>
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