Re: Java 5 planning
Mattias Jiderhamn <[email protected]>
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Jason Hunter wrote (2008-03-08 11:49): > Michael Kay wrote: >>> Do we risk new users going with other XML object models if the other >>> projects are Java 5 clean on compiles and we're not? >> >> I'm not actually concerned about whether I have to recompile my code >> to work with a new JDOM. > > What I meant by "Java 5 clean on compiles" was that a compile would > output no warning messages. That is, if other projects jumped the > bridge to Java 5 compatibility then perhaps over time new users would > view those projects as superior because they didn't get a pile of JDK > warnings on each compile. Warnings scare people. I believe lack of Java 5 support can scare new users off. Not so much because of the compiler warnings, but because we've had generics for more than 3 years now. If a user notices the lack of generics support they may think "Hey, this piece of software probably haven't been maintained in years, so I better look for something newer that's still being maintained". (And I believe most people will not bother checking the mailing list) /Mattias _______________________________________________ To control your jdom-interest membership: http://www.jdom.org/mailman/options/jdom-interest/[email protected]