My vote is move to 7. Java 7 has been out for over 2 years.
On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 4:18 AM, Richard Eckart de Castilho < richard.eck...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 05.11.2013, at 09:35, Jörn Kottmann <kottm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > We are on Java5 currently, that makes the build for a release more and > more inconvenient because you have to install > > a Java5 VM to get it done. > > It is not necessary to have a Java5 VM to do a release for Java 5. Just > set the source and target versions in the > compile plugin and you are fine. I don't have a Java 5 VM since quite some > time, but still do releases (e.g. uimaFIT) > targeting Java 5. > > However, there is a risk that non-Java 5 API is being used without being > noticed (e.g. new IOException(Throwable)). > This can be caught by setting up a corresponding Jenkins job or eventually > by users after a release, which then may > require a bug-fix release. > > -- Richard
