Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-river-dev-archive@minotaur.apache.org Received: (qmail 21051 invoked from network); 4 Apr 2009 04:07:48 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 4 Apr 2009 04:07:48 -0000 Received: (qmail 66987 invoked by uid 500); 4 Apr 2009 04:07:48 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-river-dev-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 66902 invoked by uid 500); 4 Apr 2009 04:07:48 -0000 Mailing-List: contact river-dev-help@incubator.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: river-dev@incubator.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list river-dev@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 66892 invoked by uid 99); 4 Apr 2009 04:07:48 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Sat, 04 Apr 2009 04:07:48 +0000 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 [61.9.168.140] (HELO nskntmtas02p.mx.bigpond.com) (61.9.168.140) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Sat, 04 Apr 2009 04:07:40 +0000 Received: from nskntotgx01p.mx.bigpond.com ([61.9.223.241]) by nskntmtas02p.mx.bigpond.com with ESMTP id <20090404040718.EFBR28105.nskntmtas02p.mx.bigpond.com@nskntotgx01p.mx.bigpond.com> for ; Sat, 4 Apr 2009 04:07:18 +0000 Received: from [10.1.1.2] (really [61.9.223.241]) by nskntotgx01p.mx.bigpond.com with ESMTP id <20090404040717.JSLJ20709.nskntotgx01p.mx.bigpond.com@[10.1.1.2]> for ; Sat, 4 Apr 2009 04:07:17 +0000 Message-ID: <49D6DD58.10308@zeus.net.au> Date: Sat, 04 Apr 2009 14:08:56 +1000 From: Peter Firmstone User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080531) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: river-dev@incubator.apache.org Subject: Migration to Java 5 - Summary Updated References: <49CC9930.2080104@zeus.net.au> <64efa1ba0903270420y3472dad3vdb8c3259eee2a383@mail.gmail.com> <70AC3CEB-93F8-4C40-8B6D-989EF2400B1B@gmail.com> <17ACE723-B40A-4073-96C3-FED4122249E5@sun.com> <759a1cdf0903270541q772833a7r42af658fba7e58ad@mail.gmail.com> <49CCDB99.3020108@zeus.net.au> <1238167400.4140.248.camel@cameron> <204bcc150903270841s5d6b186k59602678184f3d02@mail.gmail.com> <5FEBC19E-8CE1-4C61-AD79-1752D834B052@sun.com> <64efa1ba0903270933x6cd261ffs420f0656e49293f0@mail.gmail.com> <510143ac0903290332l24804008q87ceb13b161148ea@mail.gmail.com> <49D0196A.2020601@zeus.net.au> <49D0F18F.5030708@simulexinc.com> <49D111EA.8070102@wonderly.org> <49D16730.7030807@simulexinc.com> <49D3D148.2010000@wonderly.org> In-Reply-To: <49D3D148.2010000@wonderly.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-RPD-ScanID: Class unknown; VirusThreatLevel unknown, RefID str=0001.0A150201.49D6DCF6.0090,ss=1,fgs=0 X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org Just thought I'd go back over the messages and post a summary (with corrections): Those in favour of using Java 6 features: Jeremy Easton-Marks Greg Wonderly James Grahn Those in favour of using Java 5 features: Dennis Reedy Jim Waldo Jonathan Costers Greg Trasuk Niclas Hedhman Dan Rollo Greg Wonderly Jukka Zitting Sean Landis Peter Firmstone James Grahn Those who would like to see continued support for JRE 1.4 (bytecode only, using Retrotranslator): Patrick Wright Wade Chandler Peter Firmstone Those against continued support for JRE 1.4 using Retrotranslator (ie: drop support for JRE 1.4 althogether): Greg Trasuk (my apologies Greg) Just to clarify; the JRE 1.4 Compatibility Release (Using Retrotranslator) will NOT hold back the Main River Release, it may even make sense for it to be officially a Point release (River 3.1) rather than be supported in a Major Release. It's purpose; To allow continued support for JRE 1.4 while we move forward, to encourage migration from Jini 2.1 for existing users still on Java 1.4. Best Regards, Peter Firmstone.