Re: Java 1.4

OK,

After talking to a few folks here at pgcon I think it's time to move
on and stop supporting 1.4. There's even some talk that we don't need
to support 1.5 either.

Dave Cramer

dave.cramer(at)credativ(dot)ca
http://www.credativ.ca

On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 2:49 PM, Kjetil Nygård <polpot78(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> According to zeroturnaround.com's latest survey, only 6% of the java
> developers are stuck on 1.4 or older.
>
> I also think that those who are stuck on java 1.4, are probably stuck
> with an older postgresql-server anyways :-(
>
>
> -kny
>
>
>
> On Thu, 2012-05-17 at 13:25 -0400, Dave Cramer wrote:
>> This topic just came up again.
>>
>> I am going to propose that we drop support for 1.4 if there are no objections ?
>>
>>
>> Dave Cramer
>>
>> dave.cramer(at)credativ(dot)ca
>> http://www.credativ.ca
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 7:31 AM, Dave Cramer <pg(at)fastcrypt(dot)com> wrote:
>> > On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 12:54 PM, Kris Jurka <books(at)ejurka(dot)com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Tue, 24 Jan 2012, Dave Cramer wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> It occurs to me that if we move to git then we can keep two branches
>> >>> active. One branch would support 1.4 for backpatches and the other
>> >>> branch would drop 1.4 support and new features would be developed on
>> >>> that line.
>> >>
>> >> I don't think this is a real feasible option.  Who is really going to take
>> >> it upon themselves to maintain this separate 1.4 branch?  Do patch
>> >> submitters need to submit two versions of every patch, one for 1.4 and one
>> >> for 1.5+.  Git is not going to magically make this all work.
>> >>
>> >> Kris Jurka
>> >>
>> >
>> > Well my suggestion was that the 1.4 branch would only get bug fix
>> > support, not new features. However you are correct multiple patches
>> > would be required which would increase the effort required to submit
>> > patches. I would agree this is not what we want.
>> >
>> > If we are in agreement to drop 1.4 support then this discussion is moot.
>> >
>> > Does anyone have any strong objections to dropping 1.4 support ?
>> >
>> > Dave Cramer
>> >
>> > dave.cramer(at)credativ(dot)ca
>> > http://www.credativ.ca
>>
>
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