There aren’t many things that tick me off more than a blanket JDK 1.4
requirement by a tool that could have easily been 1.2/1.3 compliant.

First time I compiled Amazon’s Web Services API (stated JDK 1.4 requirement)
I noticed that they only needed JDK 1.4 on ONE LINE OF CODE!!! Some genius
decided to use String.split(regex) and upped the requirement to 1.4.

Bravo! You can now add JDK 1.4 to your resume.

I’m afraid that more and more projects will now rely on 1.4’s logging API (like
Jamaleon) and those of
us stuck in 1.2/1.3 land will not be able to use many of them.

Have mercy on us! Use Commons Logging and wait for us to catch up on 1.5!