So, if James also agrees with dropping JDK 1.4 support in 1.9,
I'll create a bugfix branch for 1.8.x
before I go ahead and modify the head version, ok?
Holger
On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 10:00 AM, Holger Brands <
hbrands@...> wrote:
> With regard to additional platform support (GWT, JavaFX, Android), I
> guess
> it depends on the available development resources (our time!) and
> user demand.
>
> Yup. I'm personally getting involved in Android, so bringing Glazed
> Lists into the fold there will be something I can take on.
> To reduce some development and testing effort in the future, I've
> hinted at
> dropping JDK 1.4 support for the next version.
>
> What do you think of it?
>
> Folks who are running on JDK 1.4 aren't interested in new versions of
> things, so I don't think we should waste effort trying to support
> them in the future. We'll continue to support our released code. If
> there's critical fixes, we'll have to create point releases (1.8.1
> etc.) so they don't need to upgrade to HEAD.
>
> I'd volunteer for making the first two steps, that is,
> the required build-level and implementation-level changes.
> (useful API-level changes could be the third step)
>
> Fantastic. I'm undecided on whether we should break compatibility by
> getting rid of our lock wrappers.
>
>
>
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