On 12/18/2013 06:55 AM, Michael Vehrs wrote: > On 12/17/2013 11:08 AM, Michael T. Pope wrote: >> In git.1a5417c the old version of FreeColDialog has finally gone away, >> and with it the getResponse family of bugs. Or at least I can not >> reproduce it any more. As previously admitted, there are >> look-and-feel issues outstanding, and doubtless new bugs. Definitely >> time for some play testing. Good thing there are holidays coming up. >> >> With the dialog work winding down it is worth thinking about the next >> release. Any further thoughts on other things that *must* make it into >> 0.11.0? I am still hoping to implement more of the missing European >> diplomacy (including fixing Franklin) as that will require some new >> state information to get into the save format. >> >> Further down the track (post-release), just like this time last year >> we are still supporting an obsolete Java version (1.6 / 6). Having >> been over all the dialogs recently, I have seen quite a bit of code >> littered with @SuppressWarnings that could be cleaner with Java 7 >> features. Require Java 7 in 2014? >> >> Cheers, >> Mike Pope >> > Well, the equipment to role switch is only partially complete, but that > is an invasive change requiring some effort, and I am not up to it at > the moment. So that should not prevent a release. I am sure our players > would welcome it. As far as java 7 is concerned, how about a poll? It > all depends on which platforms the players are locked into. Is java 7 > universally available? For Windows XP? For Apple devices? > > > Regards > > Michael >
I maintain a windows xp system for a friend (soon to be replaced by a linux pc), and java 7 is available for windows XP. For Mac OS X systems I've checked the official java download page from oracle, https://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp . It lists Lion 10.7.3 as minimum version. Lion 10.7.0 was released in july 2011, and an update to 10.7.3 is freely available for download from apple. Debian stable wheezy has java 7 available, so it does look like switching freecol to java 7 is doable without inconveniencing users. LW P.S. i've been compiling git with -Djava.target.version=1.7 for over a year now. Maybe 1 or 2 of the bug reports i registered had to do with java 7 and were solved easily. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. Learn Why More Businesses Are Choosing CenturyLink Cloud For Critical Workloads, Development Environments & Everything In Between. Get a Quote or Start a Free Trial Today. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=119420431&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Freecol-developers mailing list Freecol-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freecol-developers
