Re: gij as JRE 5

[Tom Tromey]

>>>>> "Michael" == Michael Koch <address@hidden> writes:

>> Actually, putting the new code on the trunk as well makes merging
>> harder, not easier.  That's because when it is put on the trunk all
>> the generic bits must be stripped out, meaning that we'll have
>> different versions of classes on the trunk and the branch.  This
>> probably isn't a severe problem, but I thought I'd mention it.

Michael> Isn't this a problem without putting new features into HEAD
Michael> too as the class gets changes on HEAD and generics branch
Michael> anyway ?

Yes, though there is a difference in degree.  E.g., our collections
classes are fairly mature and don't change very much.  So re-merging
those probably won't be too difficult.

Tom