Re: Java 4 or 5?

> Based on the assumption that the code is forwards compatible, my 
> recommendation is to stick with 1.4 until there is a 
> compelling reason 
> to change. Thoughts?
Yes, the code is forward compatible.
I would be in favor of switching the few classes that require Java5 back
to Java 1.4.


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Philippe



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> Behalf Of James Neethling
> Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2007 6:10 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Phpeclipse-devel] Java 4 or 5?
> 
> 
> 
> > I was checking some missing execution environment directives in the
> > manifest and did set them to 1.4
> > I found out that we have committed some code that depends on Java5.
> > Solution 1:
> > we set a minimal EE of Java5 for those plugins, and we 
> build PHPEclipse
> > on Java5
> > This si not Linux distro friendly.
> >
> > Solution 2: 
> > We revert back to 1.4 everywhere, and set the EE to 1.4.
> > The affected plugins are :
> > net.sourceforge.phpeclipse.debug.core
> > net.sourceforge.phpeclipse.webbrowser
> > That is not much.
> >
> > What do you tink?
> >   
> There are few things more frustrating to a new user than to have to 
> start messing with java versions. I agree that most distros 
> ship with at 
> least Java 5, but many linux users may be on older versions 
> of their distro.
> 
> What about Windows/ Mac users? Windows should be easy enough, 
> installing 
> later java versions is usually quite simple. I'm not sure about the 
> MacOs versions.
> 
> Based on the assumption that the code is forwards compatible, my 
> recommendation is to stick with 1.4 until there is a 
> compelling reason 
> to change. Thoughts?
> 
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