Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-commons-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 49629 invoked from network); 8 Mar 2009 11:04:32 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.2) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 8 Mar 2009 11:04:32 -0000 Received: (qmail 60075 invoked by uid 500); 8 Mar 2009 11:04:31 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-commons-dev-archive@commons.apache.org Received: (qmail 59992 invoked by uid 500); 8 Mar 2009 11:04:31 -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 59981 invoked by uid 99); 8 Mar 2009 11:04:31 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Sun, 08 Mar 2009 04:04:30 -0700 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.0 required=10.0 tests=SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (nike.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [217.146.188.65] (HELO smtp805.mail.ird.yahoo.com) (217.146.188.65) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with SMTP; Sun, 08 Mar 2009 11:04:20 +0000 Received: (qmail 83945 invoked from network); 8 Mar 2009 11:04:00 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=btopenworld.com; h=Received:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:Message-ID:Date:From:User-Agent:MIME-Version:To:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:X-Antivirus:X-Antivirus-Status; b=rBPDD4qeg1/aI/kMLbV1L9H5UnVFd+NmQ9EaYd6DAARiYPAa1YH3QGHhN7xpA+D/q6gcR0tOvKgFuu/PZo8MECkEjQ+Z7KCiKHSQbMMwPHYr43DfsQuVVKEuQfopTaybhZlksUjwt8e3RJ5z8eqYuNUaAhvrFSkDa+lyUADOI7s= ; Received: from unknown (HELO ?127.0.0.1?) (scolebourne@86.146.89.145 with plain) by smtp805.mail.ird.yahoo.com with SMTP; 8 Mar 2009 11:03:59 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: hPdJd30VM1nYsIGTOyMpKwRymS60_gQIMr4PpFGfhZSp6_elYl20SBoPxusbHOAJ1OlPdgROxKwkIUu5KTkcOIw3uBcJ1yU0phh8r20Ov97fm7Bq1mEc.6mduvkH5XW_qq_KMsgVCN.utkPUWtyvMg0HRVo6VhtQ3419ukVYSTDflWcMdBZZgFdioosv X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 Message-ID: <49B3A620.3000508@btopenworld.com> Date: Sun, 08 Mar 2009 11:04:00 +0000 From: Stephen Colebourne User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Windows/20081209) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Commons Developers List Subject: Re: [DBUTILS] Version numbering References: <25aac9fc0903070732p8efbcb1oe05a17277d0a7611@mail.gmail.com> <31cc37360903071635i2bb49222n3d9aea202a27876d@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 090307-0, 07/03/2009), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org Dan Fabulich wrote: > Henri Yandell wrote: > >> The Java5 version is more up for debate. If the API is no longer >> compatible, then we start to lean to 2.0. Especially as calling it 2.0 >> allows for more of an overhaul of API. > > The the API in the "java5" branch is backward compatible; the generics > and varargs are erased at compile time. Of course, the code has to be > compiled with target=1.5, but on a Java 1.5 VM you could swap it in and > not notice the difference. Check javap method signatures, or use clirr. Stephen --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscribe@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-help@commons.apache.org