[Biojava-dev] Re: [Biojava-l] Java 1.5 (final chance to object)

[Andy Yates]

Well okay I'll fly the flag for platforms like Alpha where a 1.5 
compatible JVM/compiler does not exist nor ever will. I know from the 
BOF at BOSC there were quite a few people who were reporting a similar 
situation.

Now if no one else objects to the JDK1.5. move then I'm not going to fly 
the flag for 1.4 since I don't dev any more on Alpha plus I like more 
reasons to force people who I work with to upgrade :)

Andy Y

mark.schreiber at novartis.com wrote:
> Hello -
> 
> No one seemed to object to the idea of officially adopting java 1.5 for 
> the biojava-live branch.
> 
> This would mean ...
> 
> biojava-live would require java1.5
> generics, unboxing and other language features added in 1.5 will start to 
> creep into the codebase.
> all 'official' and 'preview' releases after biojava1.4 will require JDK1.5 
> (Java 5).
> 
> If you plan to use new versions of biojava on a machine for which there is 
> or will be no JDK1.5 then you should protest now!
> 
> - Mark
> 
> Mark Schreiber
> Principal Scientist (Bioinformatics)
> 
> Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases (NITD)
> 10 Biopolis Road
> #05-01 Chromos
> Singapore 138670
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> 
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