Re: [ecf-dev] Changing DocShare requirements to Java 1.5 and up - any ob

[Thomas Hallgren <thomas@xxxxxxx>]

Chris Aniszczyk wrote:
> Cosmetics can't be the only reason to move to an updated EE.
Bah! There's a bit more to Java 1.5 then cosmetics ;-)

I was genuinely surprised that p2 chose to stay so low in EE. After all, 
Java 1.4.2 reaches "End Of Service Life" in October (see 
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html). May it rest in peace...

When will OSGi make the leap?

Regards,
Thomas Hallgren


> For UI bits and pieces, I don't mind about using J2SE-1.5 as the UI 
> code tends to be the code reused less.
>
> I'm excited to see what you're up to Mustafa :)
>
> Cheers,
>
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> Inactive hide details for "Mustafa K. Isik" ---05/13/2008 03:29:35 
> PM---Hi fellow ECFers, As you may know, the ECF plug-ins req"Mustafa 
> K. Isik" ---05/13/2008 03:29:35 PM---Hi fellow ECFers, As you may 
> know, the ECF plug-ins require Java 1.4 and up as execution
>
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> "Mustafa K. Isik" <codesurgeon@xxxxxxxxx>
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> [ecf-dev] Changing DocShare requirements to Java 1.5 and up - any 
> objections?
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>
> Hi fellow ECFers,
>
> As you may know, the ECF plug-ins require Java 1.4 and up as execution
> environment.
>
> Over the last couple of weeks I have been updating Cola and
> integrating it with DocShare.
>
> Since Cola is fairly heavy on Collections (and I rely on Generics and
> I don't like working with what I perceive as outdated Java language
> spec), I have been using the Java 1.5 language extensions in my
> development work. Committing Cola code to the ECF CVS requires me to
> strip the sources of said extensions though.
>
> Instead of having to go back and forth between Cola's surrogate mother
> http://code.google.com/p/cola-rtse/ [hosting the Java 1.5 code] and
> the ECF CVS, I'd like to update the DocShare requirements accordingly.
>
> Is this OK with everyone or do you see any problems?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mustafa
>
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> Mustafa K. Isik
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