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Re: Apache Commons abandoned ?

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Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> Joerg Meier wrote:
>> Arne Vajhøj 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 software
>> 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 2007, 
>> almost 5 years ago).

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?

-- 
Lew

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Apache Commons abandoned ? Joerg Meier <joergmmeier@arcor.de> - 2012-10-31 03:12 +0100
  Re: Apache Commons abandoned ? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-10-30 22:49 -0400
    Re: Apache Commons abandoned ? Joerg Meier <joergmmeier@arcor.de> - 2012-10-31 04:14 +0100
      Re: Apache Commons abandoned ? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-10-30 23:36 -0400
        Re: Apache Commons abandoned ? Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-10-31 12:27 -0700
  Re: Apache Commons abandoned ? markspace <-@.> - 2012-10-30 20:02 -0700

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