Re: Java 5

From: Mike Kienenberger (mkienen..mail.com)
Date: Fri Aug 03 2007 - 14:18:21 EDT

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    I wouldn't see a problem with making 3.0 require Java 1.5.
    JPA already requires Java 1.5.

    On 8/3/07, Kevin Menard <kmenar..ervprise.com> wrote:
    > Another one to ponder. It should be my last today ;-)
    >
    > According to [1], Java 5 was released nearly three years ago. At the
    > time of its release, it was agreed that targeting 1.4 was still
    > necessary. 1.4 had only been out for two years at that point. Java 6
    > has been out for over half a year.
    >
    > How much longer is 1.4 going to be the target platform? I think we
    > could clean a good deal of code up and make Cayenne more attractive if 5
    > was made the baseline. I think 3.0 creates the opportunity to make that
    > transition should we opt to do so.
    >
    >
    > [1] http://java.sun.com/j2se/codenames.html
    >
    > --
    > Kevin Menard
    > Servprise International, Inc.
    > 800.832.3823 x308
    >
    >



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