Re: Apache Commons abandoned ?
Arne Vajh=F8j wrote:
Joerg Meier wrote:
Arne Vajh=F8j wrote:
I do not see running on Java 1.2 as a problem. It was probably started
when 1.2 was relevant and why break the capability if not needed.
Running on Java of course is not a problem in and of itself, but softwar=
e
being specifically tailored to run on 1.2 kind of seems like it's pretty
ancient.
"Seems" is such a weasel word. Who does the "seeming"? It *seems* like
you're trying to avoid responsibility for your judgment.
And it *seems* like you ignored that the library was updated for Java 5
compatibility, undercutting your very assumption.
If you have some software that was started 10 years ago and back then
it was decided to support 1.2, then it makes sense to keep that support
if there are no significant gain by dropping it.
Being backwards compatible unless very good reasons exists for not
being it is not ancient.
Apache Commons Configurations do have recent updates:
Yeah, in this case I was referring to it's [sic] dependencies (lang 2.6,=
which is
the 1.2 version, instead of lang 3.1, last updated in January 2011,
collections, last updated in April 2008, and logging, last updated in 20=
07,
Why are you so scared of something not updated in a while?
Rapid updates are not a bellwether of good quality.
Are there any inventions in collections or logging since 2008/2007 that
you miss?
Is there anything preventing you from using the packages under Java 7 with=
the latest Collections library?
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Lew