Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-uima-user-archive@www.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-uima-user-archive@www.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1439D10C64 for ; Sun, 28 Jul 2013 14:06:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 24376 invoked by uid 500); 28 Jul 2013 14:06:02 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-uima-user-archive@uima.apache.org Received: (qmail 24005 invoked by uid 500); 28 Jul 2013 14:05:57 -0000 Mailing-List: contact user-help@uima.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: user@uima.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list user@uima.apache.org Received: (qmail 23985 invoked by uid 99); 28 Jul 2013 14:05:55 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Sun, 28 Jul 2013 14:05:55 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.0 required=5.0 tests=RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (athena.apache.org: domain of msa@schor.com designates 67.18.137.85 as permitted sender) Received: from [67.18.137.85] (HELO gateway13.websitewelcome.com) (67.18.137.85) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Sun, 28 Jul 2013 14:05:50 +0000 Received: by gateway13.websitewelcome.com (Postfix, from userid 5007) id E5E1CD360F716; Sun, 28 Jul 2013 09:05:15 -0500 (CDT) Received: from gator3253.hostgator.com (gator3253.hostgator.com [198.57.247.217]) by gateway13.websitewelcome.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA8A8D360F6B3 for ; Sun, 28 Jul 2013 09:05:15 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [24.45.227.47] (port=50400 helo=[192.168.1.100]) by gator3253.hostgator.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1V3RbF-0006gZ-73 for user@uima.apache.org; Sun, 28 Jul 2013 09:05:29 -0500 Message-ID: <51F52528.3010209@schor.com> Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2013 10:05:28 -0400 From: Marshall Schor User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130620 Thunderbird/17.0.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: uima-user Subject: Java level prerequsite upgrade? X-Enigmail-Version: 1.5.2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - gator3253.hostgator.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - uima.apache.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - schor.com X-BWhitelist: no X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Source-Sender: ([192.168.1.100]) [24.45.227.47]:50400 X-Source-Auth: msa+schor.com X-Email-Count: 2 X-Source-Cap: bWlzY2hvcjttaXNjaG9yO2dhdG9yMzI1My5ob3N0Z2F0b3IuY29t X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org Dear Users, The UIMA developers would like to be able to start using Java 6 language features; of course this would require users to be running this level or later. Currently, we require only Java 5 or later. Java 5 from various vendors is either past end-of-life or approaching it (meaning no updates, unless you have some special contracts). See http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/eol-135779.html or http://www.ibm.com/software/support/lifecycle/ If we started requiring Java 6 or later, would this be an issue for you? -Marshall Schor