Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-harmony-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 10972 invoked from network); 21 Apr 2009 20:16:08 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 21 Apr 2009 20:16:08 -0000 Received: (qmail 60319 invoked by uid 500); 21 Apr 2009 20:16:08 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-harmony-dev-archive@harmony.apache.org Received: (qmail 60248 invoked by uid 500); 21 Apr 2009 20:16:08 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@harmony.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: dev@harmony.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list dev@harmony.apache.org Received: (qmail 60237 invoked by uid 99); 21 Apr 2009 20:16:08 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:16:08 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.0 required=10.0 tests=SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (athena.apache.org: domain of t.p.ellison@gmail.com designates 209.85.220.166 as permitted sender) Received: from [209.85.220.166] (HELO mail-fx0-f166.google.com) (209.85.220.166) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:16:00 +0000 Received: by fxm10 with SMTP id 10so2564689fxm.36 for ; Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:15:38 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :x-enigmail-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=CmabdtSeZG8dtefRzWDvmny0beducUBEU1kBuVapHPI=; b=Ids/JRz+fET3lthkCXea3K2S9j062nIpHLfj+fioQ4VkQ1muawqi/7vqKV++txIDIr NY5DFCO0J+E7y2BRbomKKcdtwGLqXJXEnuv9K+TCilhevGuFuIxTEI8Ez3ou1T9YJFYm ud1OToNGnJLKKZkhtP/hWHRQBS+Hggeq0AXR8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=l/MPWLnSqPO1nEA2Cdbl3vqWBJMHcYUFxXW52qLvAxHHD22aTW9lI9QU8C/Xd2Rhvj CyF8XGenRxf09GrO+4yegoloNDqIBc0/mInTIdnj7ANI9geh4SP08ajww8CqKEHxuzEM tbpD3h3apiwtkBpFErfeK+bL/Lwq6nQ6PoSzE= Received: by 10.204.118.142 with SMTP id v14mr6827156bkq.37.1240344938285; Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:15:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.0.3? ([78.149.130.210]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id p9sm13272697fkb.1.2009.04.21.13.15.37 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:15:37 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <49EE2967.6010105@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:15:35 +0100 From: Tim Ellison User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: dev@harmony.apache.org Subject: Re: [general] Lesson and roadmap thoughts References: <49E866BE.8020909@gmail.com> <49E88E67.3010507@gmail.com> <49EC36BA.8000900@gmail.com> <49EE180A.7060604@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=KOI8-R Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org Alexei Fedotov wrote: > Hello, > >> and I don't think >> anyone is suggesting that we stop Java 5 'cold' and switch to Java 6 >> branch releases. > > Well, at least it would be nice to know that subsequent Java 5 > releases are of some interest for somebody. Otherwise, why should we > spend time for creating and testing two releases instead of the latest > one? How do we know that the current Java 5 releases are of interest to people :-) ? Seriously though, as long as there are people around here who are prepared to contribute to the upkeep of the Java 5 stream, and its milestone releases, then I don't see why we would summarily terminate them. Regards, Tim