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?

> (1) There are still many capable but PPC Apple machines being used.

how many people use such machines exclusively?

> (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...

> (3) There is no stated immediate benefit.

...so nothing in my previous email counts? why not?

> (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.

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