Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-jakarta-commons-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 61717 invoked from network); 24 May 2005 15:27:19 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (209.237.227.199) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 24 May 2005 15:27:19 -0000 Received: (qmail 98835 invoked by uid 500); 24 May 2005 15:27:10 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-jakarta-commons-dev-archive@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 98756 invoked by uid 500); 24 May 2005 15:27:09 -0000 Mailing-List: contact commons-dev-help@jakarta.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Help: List-Post: List-Id: "Jakarta Commons Developers List" Reply-To: "Jakarta Commons Developers List" Delivered-To: mailing list commons-dev@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 98716 invoked by uid 99); 24 May 2005 15:27:09 -0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=10.0 tests= X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (hermes.apache.org: local policy) Received: from Unknown (HELO exder.exder.se) (62.181.234.130) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.28) with ESMTP; Tue, 24 May 2005 08:27:06 -0700 Received: from Macbeth.expertsystem.se ([84.19.131.23]) by exder.exder.se (8.13.1/8.11.6) with ESMTP id j4OFQbn9032695 for ; Tue, 24 May 2005 17:26:37 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from mattias.jiderhamn@expertsystem.se) Message-Id: <6.2.1.2.0.20050524171827.02603bf8@localhost> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.2.1.2 Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 17:26:32 +0200 To: "Jakarta Commons Developers List" From: Mattias J Subject: Re: Commons-Collections enhanced with Java Generics Support In-Reply-To: <1116947519.3839.67.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <42920072.3090000@spamgourmet.com> <200505241031.j4OAVMNt013465@carmanconsulting.com> <224f323405052407051e5ec9c0@mail.gmail.com> <1116947519.3839.67.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Virus-Checked: Checked X-Spam-Rating: minotaur.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N At 2005-05-24 17:11, Simon Kitching wrote: >There is also the question of how large the generic collections >community will be. There aren't yet a whole lot of projects coding to >1.5 as far as I know. Assuming this statement is true (which I am not too sure about), the fact that many Open Source project do not yet support 1.5 features - like generics - might actually be the reason people have not yet upgraded. Put in another way; good and useful Open Source projects (like Jakarta Commons) supporting JDK 1.5 may motivate more people to upgrade to JDK 1.5. From the other perspective, for those of us that *do* use JDK 1.5 (and have done so for a while now...), the fact that Commons Collections does not support generics may motivate us to use the standard java.util.* collections, or some proprietary ones, instead. In summary, I don't think the number of people interested in 1.5 features will increase while Commons Collections developers just sit around waiting... /Mattias Jiderhamn --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: commons-dev-unsubscribe@jakarta.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: commons-dev-help@jakarta.apache.org