Whether or not to drop support for Java5 is something I would personally attack from a different point of view. Are there users out there who are still running on Java5? Are there potential users who would be unable to use GeoTools 8 is it does not support Java5? And very important, is there something which would be impossible to do in GeoTools 8 because of Java5 support?
In general, while developers always want to use the latest and greatest, there are companies who have very strict policies about the hardware and software which is allowed to be used. Some of these companies may only allow application servers which only work on Java5 (similarly, this is also one of the main reasons why IE6 is still so "popular"). The issue of not being able to download Java5 is less important imho. Most developers will just develop in Java6 and the compiler/ide/CI server will complain when using Java6+ constructs. Kind regards, Joachim On 06/02/2011 04:52 PM, 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EditLive Enterprise is the world's most technically advanced content authoring tool. Experience the power of Track Changes, Inline Image Editing and ensure content is compliant with Accessibility Checking. http://p.sf.net/sfu/ephox-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Geotools-devel mailing list Geotools-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-devel
