Re: Java 1.4

On Sat, 21 Jan 2012, John Lister wrote:

> I noted from the recent NIO thread that support for Java 1.4 was
> checked. I know from previous discussion that this has been brought up,
> but was wondering if there was a reason for still supporting 1.4? I
> therefore wondered if it is still worth while supporting something
> released nearly 10 years ago and nearly 8 years since its last update
> and not freeze a version for that release (except maybe security related
> updates). Similarly would it be wise to freeze the jdbc 2 & 3 updates as
> well since they require Java 1.4 and concentrate on jdbc 4 support and
> maybe Java 1.5 (or even 1.6) and the additional features?
>

I am all for dropping support for 1.4. If people are having a hard time
finding a 1.4 JDK to build/test with now, that's only going to be a bigger
problem down the road. I still need a 1.2 JDK to make back branch
releases for 8.2 and 8.3 and that's a real pain.

Kris Jurka