+1 from me. I've added Andrea's +1 as well.
On 13/06/11 15:54, Jody Garnett wrote: > Proposal now up: > > - http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEOTOOLS/Java+6 > > I hunted down the documentation pages that would need to be updated (only 3 > as the tutorials already recommend the use of the latest jdk); but I did not > go search for a Jira. > > -- > Jody Garnett > > > On Monday, 13 June 2011 at 10:49 AM, Jody Garnett wrote: > > 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 > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-devel > > -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <[email protected]> Software Engineering Team Leader CSIRO Earth Science and Resource Engineering Australian Resources Research Centre ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-devel
