Re: Java 1.4

From: Kris Jurka <books(at)ejurka(dot)com>
To: Dave Cramer <pg(at)fastcrypt(dot)com>
Cc: Steven Schlansker <stevenschlansker(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-jdbc(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Java 1.4
Date: 2012-01-24 17:54:50
Message-ID: alpine.BSO.2.00.1201241252550.6824@leary.csoft.net
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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

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