My entire company switched to Java5 quite some time ago as our development environment. Nobody has any interest in moving to Java6 though.
Moving folks to Europa will be a bit more painful, but I found the transition to be pretty effortless. They can always continue using 1.6.8 if they really don't want to upgrade. -- Bill > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Craig Setera > Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 4:32 PM > To: '[email protected]' > Subject: Re: [Eclipseme-users] Eclipse Me > eclipseme.feature_1.7.3_site.zip > > Other thoughts on a transition to requiring Java 5? For a > long time I waited to make sure everyone was ready... Now I > think we should be safe. > > Jashan Chittesh (Holger David Wagner) wrote: > > Craig Setera schrieb: > > > >> EclipseME has required at least Eclipse 3.2 for quite some > time. It > >> is difficult to support older versions of Eclipse over > time, so after > >> a while I will drop support for 3.2 as well. (probably in > a few months). > >> I apologize for the difficulty this may cause some people, > but that > >> is the best I can do for a hobby project. > >> > >> This is actually an interesting lead-in to a question I > have for the > >> larger group. I've been considering dropping support for > Java 1.4 and > >> requiring Java 5 to run EclipseME. I believe the Eclipse > platform is > >> starting to move in the direction of requiring Java 5. > How big of a > >> problem would that be for people? > >> > > > > No problem at all for me... Isn't the current Java Version > even Java 6 > > already? > > > > Same for Eclipse - my personal opinion on this is that once > a current, > > stable version of Eclipse has been available for a little > while (maybe > > a few months or half a year), it shouldn't be a problem to require > > that version... > > > > That's just my personal opinion based on my personal development > > process, though - obviously, others may have different needs... > > > > Kind regards, > > David > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and > a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> > http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ > Eclipseme-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/eclipseme-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Eclipseme-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/eclipseme-users
