Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-maven-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 85908 invoked from network); 7 Jul 2006 10:23:02 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (209.237.227.199) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 7 Jul 2006 10:23:02 -0000 Received: (qmail 7653 invoked by uid 500); 7 Jul 2006 10:23:00 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-maven-dev-archive@maven.apache.org Received: (qmail 7594 invoked by uid 500); 7 Jul 2006 10:22:59 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@maven.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Help: List-Post: List-Id: "Maven Developers List" Reply-To: "Maven Developers List" Delivered-To: mailing list dev@maven.apache.org Received: (qmail 7583 invoked by uid 99); 7 Jul 2006 10:22:59 -0000 Received: from asf.osuosl.org (HELO asf.osuosl.org) (140.211.166.49) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 07 Jul 2006 03:22:59 -0700 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=10.0 tests=UNPARSEABLE_RELAY X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (asf.osuosl.org: local policy) Received: from [134.98.65.18] (HELO gateway.elsag.de) (134.98.65.18) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 07 Jul 2006 03:22:58 -0700 Received: from vwall.elsag.de by gateway.elsag.de via smtpd (for asf.osuosl.org [140.211.166.49]) with ESMTP; Fri, 7 Jul 2006 12:22:36 +0200 Received: from esmail ([192.168.2.88]) by vwall-vs.elsag.de with InterScan Messaging Security Suite; Fri, 07 Jul 2006 12:22:34 +0200 Received: from esmail by esmail via smtpd (for vwall.elsag.de [192.168.100.108]) with ESMTP; Fri, 7 Jul 2006 12:22:34 +0200 content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.6249.0 Subject: RE: [discuss] Java 5 Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2006 12:22:34 +0200 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: [discuss] Java 5 Thread-Index: AcahropFgESFIHibQp2DxmG+2POlSAAADorw From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?J=F6rg_Schaible?= To: "Maven Developers List" X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org X-Spam-Rating: minotaur.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N Andrew Williams wrote on Friday, July 07, 2006 12:16 PM: > -1 We have to support 1.4 as we a re rolling into academic > environments where the upgrade cycle is > 3 years, so many users are > still=20 > new to 1.4 > (though they do not know it). And to be honest I just don't trust 1.5 > generating 1.4 code...=20 Well, when Sun released 1.5 they also proposed, that a new JDK version = will now follow every year (and Sun will phase out the support for the = old ones therefore much earlier). If they really mange to do so, you = will get really out of sync. Meanwhile even some of our customers of the = financial business realized this and they already start to upgrade = (although they are traditionally *very* conservative). - J=F6rg --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscribe@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-help@maven.apache.org