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Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 06:07:30 -0500
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Subject: Re: micro version JVM support
From: Brandon Goodin <brandon.goodin@gmail.com>
To: user-java@ibatis.apache.org, "Trenton D. Adams" <trenta@athabascau.ca>
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It depends on whether another significant version of the JVM ever comes out.
In the current state of Java. It is unlikely that 6 or 7 (or 8) are going to
have any significant features that will compel us to upgrade. But, who
knows... once 6 hits its end of life... we may drop support in a micro
version. Next time we'll try to remember to do it in a minor version.
A couple things i will suggest to help you avoid being too surprised. First,
have a good suite of unit tests. Secondly, if your software is dependent on
1.4 make sure your IDE is using the 1.4 compiler during development. You
will find out pretty quickly that a jar is not 1.4 compatible and avoid any
major error during an upgrade.
Thanks,
Brandon

On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 12:56 AM, Trenton D. Adams <trenta@athabascau.ca>wrote:

> Hi Guys,
>
> I was very surprised to find out that 2.3.0 was the last version that
> supported Java 1.4.2, and yet the latest version is only 4 micro versions
> above 2.3.0, sitting at 2.3.4.  Why would iBatis change something so major,
> in a micro version?  I would have expected that iBatis would have at the
> very least, moved to 2.4, before declaring Java 1.4.2 unsupported.  Even if
> that's the ONLY change, it is worth a minor version change.
>
> Is this going to happen again, when the next JVM comes out?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Trenton D. Adams
> Systems Analyst/Web Software Engineer
> Navy Penguins at your service!
> Athabasca University
> (780) 675-6195
> :wq!
>
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It depends on whether another significant version of the JVM ever comes out=
. In the current state of Java. It is unlikely that 6 or 7 (or 8) are going=
 to have any significant features that will compel us to upgrade. But, who =
knows... once 6 hits its end of life... we may drop support in a micro vers=
ion. Next time we&#39;ll try to remember to do it in a minor version.=A0<di=
v>
<br></div><div>A couple things i will suggest to help you avoid being too s=
urprised. First, have a good suite of unit tests. Secondly, if your softwar=
e is dependent on 1.4 make sure your IDE is using the 1.4 compiler during d=
evelopment. You will find out pretty quickly that a jar is not 1.4 compatib=
le and avoid any major error during an upgrade.<div>
<br></div><div>Thanks,<br clear=3D"all">Brandon<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_=
quote">On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 12:56 AM, Trenton D. Adams <span dir=3D"ltr"=
>&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:trenta@athabascau.ca">trenta@athabascau.ca</a>&gt;</=
span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Hi Guys,<br>
<br>
I was very surprised to find out that 2.3.0 was the last version that suppo=
rted Java 1.4.2, and yet the latest version is only 4 micro versions above =
2.3.0, sitting at 2.3.4. =A0Why would iBatis change something so major, in =
a micro version? =A0I would have expected that iBatis would have at the ver=
y least, moved to 2.4, before declaring Java 1.4.2 unsupported. =A0Even if =
that&#39;s the ONLY change, it is worth a minor version change.<br>

<br>
Is this going to happen again, when the next JVM comes out?<br>
<br>
Thanks.<br>
<br>
Trenton D. Adams<br>
Systems Analyst/Web Software Engineer<br>
Navy Penguins at your service!<br>
Athabasca University<br>
(780) 675-6195<br>
:wq!<br>
<br>
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