On 2010/10/29 (Oct), at 7:50 AM, Ximin Luo wrote: > On 28/10/10 19:20, Robert Hailey wrote: >> I would agree if this issue was "holding freenet back", but I don't >> get >> that impression at all. > > but what would qualify as "holding freenet back", for you?
If (for example) it becomes "annoying" to our full-time developer, it is holding freenet back. >> (1) There are still many capable PPC Apple machines being used. > > how many people use such machines exclusively? I have no idea. My primary workstation is such a machine, but I have an intel at home. I don't understand the importance of exclusive usage. I would presume the overall "market share" percent would parallel the freenet-market percent. Unless techy guys are more likely to have specialized machines, I may be a statistical outlier. >> (2) Foreseeable interests exists that would be easier with java-5 >> (like >> embedded-freenet). > > by the time we get a good effort going in this area, java 6 will > probably be ok > for such use-cases... Maybe. Speculative. > >> (3) There is no stated immediate benefit. > > ...so nothing in my previous email counts? why not? Say: "I wish we would move to java-6 so that ______" <--- fill in the blank. I've already given you one: "toad will be a happier person" :) -- Robert Hailey >> (4) It would require a lot more effort on my part to keep up with a >> java-5-compatible freenet fork. > > this will be a worst-case scenario. i can imagine that lots more > people (than > just freenet users) want java 6 on mac, which means sooner rather > than later, > it will happen. > > X
