[linux-distros-dev] Specfile editor minimal jvm requirement

[Alexander Kurtakov <akurtakov@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

I want to propose bumping the minimal java requirement to java 1.5. My opinion 
is that this should happen for two reasons:
1. Linux distros are not shipping java 1.4 anymore. We (mandriva) have sun 
java 1.5 and 1.6 and icedtea-1.7 as a main jvm (and other classpath based 
jvms, which also have 1.5 apis). So developing for 1.4 is becoming harder - 
even if you are not using java 5 syntax some apis from java 1.5 is slipping.
2. As a side effect this will allow us to modernize our api.

Any comments, objections?

Best regards,
Alexander Kurtakov