Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-commons-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 55137 invoked from network); 12 Jun 2008 14:51:06 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.2) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 12 Jun 2008 14:51:06 -0000 Received: (qmail 96620 invoked by uid 500); 12 Jun 2008 14:51:07 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-commons-dev-archive@commons.apache.org Received: (qmail 96529 invoked by uid 500); 12 Jun 2008 14:51:06 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@commons.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: "Commons Developers List" Delivered-To: mailing list dev@commons.apache.org Received: (qmail 96518 invoked by uid 99); 12 Jun 2008 14:51:06 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 12 Jun 2008 07:51:06 -0700 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.2 required=10.0 tests=SPF_NEUTRAL X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: neutral (athena.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [72.14.220.154] (HELO fg-out-1718.google.com) (72.14.220.154) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:50:17 +0000 Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id d23so2582697fga.24 for ; Thu, 12 Jun 2008 07:50:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.86.26.1 with SMTP id 1mr2381781fgz.49.1213282232670; Thu, 12 Jun 2008 07:50:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.86.1.13 with HTTP; Thu, 12 Jun 2008 07:50:32 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:50:32 -0400 From: "James Carman" Sender: jcarman@carmanconsulting.com To: "Commons Developers List" , rgoers@apache.org Subject: Re: [lang] Java 5 In-Reply-To: <48513676.70400@dslextreme.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <375586.71165.qm@web55108.mail.re4.yahoo.com> <55afdc850806120411n3a20a80av87b3eefb855751c9@mail.gmail.com> <48513676.70400@dslextreme.com> X-Google-Sender-Auth: e23a1ddc9411cab8 X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 10:45 AM, Ralph Goers wrote: > This confuses me. Doesn't the fact that since the code will no longer run on > a pre-1.5 JDK mean that compatibility is broken, even if not a single line > of code changes? (Yes - I know that we technically only release source so in > that case it could be recompiled, but I work with Maven). In any case, I > expect that the code will only compile with a 1.5 compiler anyway. > Just because the new Commons Lang is compiled against 1.5 doesn't mean that older code that depends on it won't be able to use it. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscribe@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-help@commons.apache.org