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Subject: RE: jdk version required (was Re: Extending IvyBuildList)
Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 15:37:07 +0200
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jan.Materne@rzf.fin-nrw.de [mailto:Jan.Materne@rzf.fin-nrw.de]
Sent: mardi 29 mai 2007 15:32
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Subject: AW: jdk version required (was Re: Extending IvyBuildList)


Ant has build requirement JDK 1.3 (three).
There are some classes which use 1.4+, but they are compiled optional =
(using <selector>s).

The use of Java5 in Ivy would mean that the build can not run on a JDK =
1.4- environment. For an open source project it is difficult =
(impossible?) to get information from the audience ("Which JDK do you =
use?").

I would say: keep 1.4 so you'll earn a bigger audience.

In Ant we have some "Generics" just for comment:
     Collection/*<Task>*/ getTasks()
and of course the javadoc
     /** @return Collection of Tasks */
or   /** @return Collection<Task> of Tasks */



Jan


>-----Urspr=FCngliche Nachricht-----
>Von: John Gill [mailto:llignhoj@gmail.com]=20
>Gesendet: Dienstag, 29. Mai 2007 15:16
>An: ivy-user@incubator.apache.org
>Betreff: Re: jdk version required (was Re: Extending IvyBuildList)
>
>Well for one, it is "only" an ant plugin, so it's not like it=20
>is forcing
>everyone to write their programs using generics, but it would mean they
>would need java5 to run ANT/IVY. I think all they have to do=20
>in their ant
>builds is specify the source and target attributes for the=20
>javac task to
>specify what they are building. So if they want java 1.4 they can use
><javac source=3D"1.4" target=3D"1.4"... />
>
>Maybe a snap poll of some kind to see if anyone would mind and=20
>what most of
>the community is using.
>
>What about other apache projects (ant, maven would be the main ones I
>guess), have any of them moved to generics, or do you know if=20
>they plan to?
>
>It really doesn't bother me that much if IVY stays on 1.4, but generics
>makes a big difference to readability. There is nothing worse=20
>than a method
>that returns a Collection, and you wonder "A collection of what?"
>
>In the end though, if moving to 1.5 prevents moving to IVY, then it's
>probably not a good idea.
>
>On 5/29/07, Xavier Hanin <xavier.hanin@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 5/29/07, John Gill <llignhoj@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > No Generics!!! It makes the code so much cleaner... I=20
>wonder how many
>> > developers are still stuck on 1.4 (Ivy/Ant/Maven users in=20
>particular)?
>> > 1.4is two version behind the latest now...
>>
>>
>> Indeed, this is something that can be discussed. It's been a=20
>long time
>> since
>> I don't use 1.4 myself, but it's difficult to estimate for=20
>the whole user
>> community.
>>
>> Any thoughts?
>>
>> Xavier
>>
>> On 5/29/07, Xavier Hanin <xavier.hanin@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Hi,
>> > >
>> > > Simple and interesting change, indeed, I think it=20
>doesn't hurt to open
>> > an
>> > > issue :). For the patch, the only thing is that we are jdk
>> 1.4compliant,
>> > > so
>> > > the use of generics is prohibited.
>> > >
>> > > Xavier
>> > >
>> > > On 5/29/07, Jean-Baptiste Quenot <jbq@apache.org> wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > > Hi Ivy,
>> > > >
>> > > > Thanks for  providing this  great API,  and more =20
>particularly the
>> > > > IvyBuildList  Ant  task  that  I  extend  to  generate=20
> my  Hudson
>> > > > configuration  files  automatically  for continuous =20
>build  of  my
>> > > > project.
>> > > >
>> > > > I only  had to slightly modify  it to be  able to get=20
>the  list of
>> > > > sorted modules,  and the  list of build  files.  See =20
>the attached
>> > > > patch.
>> > > >
>> > > > NOTE: this patch is based on  Ivy 1.4.1, but it should=20
>be possible
>> > > > to do the same thing on trunk (the patch does not=20
>apply on trunk).
>> > > >
>> > > > If this change makes sense to you, I can file a JIRA issue.
>> > > >
>> > > > WDYT?
>> > > > --
>> > > >      Jean-Baptiste Quenot
>> > > > aka  John Banana   Qwerty
>> > > > http://caraldi.com/jbq/
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > > Xavier Hanin - Independent Java Consultant
>> > > Manage your dependencies with Ivy!
>> > > http://incubator.apache.org/ivy/
>> > >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Regards,
>> > John Gill
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Xavier Hanin - Independent Java Consultant
>> Manage your dependencies with Ivy!
>> http://incubator.apache.org/ivy/
>>
>
>
>
>--=20
>Regards,
>John Gill
>