+1 from me Quoting Jody Garnett <jody.garn...@gmail.com>:
> This had my support last time; and does so again now. > > As per the osgi thread I have been looking into what is needed to > support geotools on andriod - one of the items involves use of the > Java 6 Service Loader (rather than ServiceRegistery). > > uDig has already transitioned to a Java 6 only project, the release > of GeoTools 8 is a year off (given our usual release cycle) > providing some time before the effect of us yanking Java 6 support > is felt in a stable release. > > -- > Jody Garnett > > > On Friday, 3 June 2011 at 12:52 AM, Andrea Aime wrote: > >> Hi, >> first off, sorry for cross posting on GeoTools and GeoServer devel, >> the topic is however >> of interest of both communities. >> >> I'm wondering if times are finally mature to switch GeoTolols and >> GeoServer trunk to JDK 1.6 as >> the minimum requirement (just trunk though). >> >> The rationale being that J2EE 6 has been out a while, JDK 1.5 is end of life >> and hard to grab, and JDK 7 is going to be released shortly (July I think). >> >> Not switching 2.1.x series to JDK 6 will give people stuck on JDK 1.5 some >> 6-12 months more of support. >> >> Also, according to this, jdk 6 will reach its end of life next year >> already, meaning >> we will have only 1 year of that jdk in supported state before its >> end of life >> (assuming we switch soon): >> http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/eol-135779.html >> >> Opinions? >> >> Cheers >> Andrea >> >> -- >> ------------------------------------------------------- >> Ing. Andrea Aime >> GeoSolutions S.A.S. >> Tech lead >> >> Via Poggio alle Viti 1187 >> 55054 Massarosa (LU) >> Italy >> >> phone: +39 0584 962313 >> fax: +39 0584 962313 >> >> http://www.geo-solutions.it >> http://geo-solutions.blogspot.com/ >> http://www.youtube.com/user/GeoSolutionsIT >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/andreaaime >> http://twitter.com/geowolf >> >> ------------------------------------------------------- >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Simplify data backup and recovery for your virtual environment with vRanger. >> Installation's a snap, and flexible recovery options mean your data is safe, >> secure and there when you need it. Data protection magic? >> Nope - It's vRanger. Get your free trial download today. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/quest-sfdev2dev >> _______________________________________________ >> Geotools-devel mailing list >> Geotools-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >> (mailto:Geotools-devel@lists.sourceforge.net) >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-devel > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Simplify data backup and recovery for your virtual environment with vRanger. Installation's a snap, and flexible recovery options mean your data is safe, secure and there when you need it. Discover what all the cheering's about. Get your free trial download today. http://p.sf.net/sfu/quest-dev2dev2 _______________________________________________ Geotools-devel mailing list Geotools-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-devel
