On Thursday 28 October 2010 18:16:56 Samu Voutilainen wrote: > > On Thursday 28 October 2010 20:12:53 Matthew Toseland wrote: > > On Thursday 28 October 2010 17:36:15 Thomas Sachau wrote: > > > Am 28.10.2010 14:21, schrieb Matthew Toseland: > > > > It would simplify the build process and enable us to use new language > > > > features if we moved to Java 1.6. The problem is: > > > > 1) Mac OS/X 10.4 only has Java 5. As I understand it you have to pay > > > > for upgrades, and they are disruptive, so most people don't? > > > > 2) It would slightly increase the difficulty of getting Freenet working > > > > on free JVMs. > > > > > > Icedtea is a free JVM and does support 1.6 (i actually use it, so i can > > > confirm, that it works with > > > freenet), so this part should not stop 1.6 requirements. > > > > Right but on embedded you'd want GCJ (or even Kaffe). Does GCJ support 1.6 > > adequately? > > > > I see few problems with this idea: GCJ has never supported Java?s standard > library that well. Also, on embedded system, where you have 512M memory to > run Freenet, you can also run normal Linux system. So jvm won't weight that > much on such system.
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