I kind of wish we had a 4rd poll - asking the comitters if they have already
switched to Java 6 (and just rely on the build box to keep things honest).
I like the idea of switching now; and scheduling the life of 8.x up for a
release candidate for foss4g in September. I will make the change proposal;
part of switching involves updating the developers guide so we need a list of
tasks etc...
Aside: While I have ported the docs over; updating the developers guide remains
the responsibility of the PMC. While I am hoping that sphinx allows this to be
easier for everyone, I don't want to give the impression that I will update the
docs for every last thing we do (or even every second thing).
Jody
> Hi,
> the pools have been out for long enough and we are not getting new
> votes, so time to get the results I guess.
>
> GeoTools results:
> http://www.micropoll.com/a/MicroPollData?id=423595&mode=html
> Long story short: no one fully against, only 5% somewhat troubled.
>
> GeoServer results:
> http://www.micropoll.com/a/MicroPollData?id=423614&mode=html
> Long story short: 1% sees this as a blocker, 4% somewhat troubled.
>
> It seems to me we can switch both to Java 6 when we want.
>
> And when is indeed the next question. Do we do it now or we wait
> for the next stable branch cut?
>
> Pros of doing it now: plenthy of time to shake out the java 6 build issues,
> easier life for whoever works only on trunk.
>
> Pros of doing it later: ease of backport, coding on trunk on java 6
> we'll have some compile or test issues when backporting stuff
> to the stable branch.
>
> My suggestion: let's switch now and let's also try to keep the life
> of the current trunk "short", 6 months at most.
> Which is half of the usual cycle.
>
> "Now" means anyways organizing ourselves so that by the time
> we start using java 6 specific API both project have switched
> the compiled mode to java 6, are building there without errors,
> and are thus ready to take java 6 api usage withou hiccups.
>
> Opinions?
>
> Cheers
> Andrea
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