On 11/09/2007, Kolja Brix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Morten! > > > The current version of JabRef is 2.2, and it requires Java 1.4.2. The > > current beta version requires version 1.5, but I would rather > > recommend 1.6. > Yes, ok. Why exactly do we need version 1.5 or higher in the beta versions? > What is the advantage of JRE version 1.6 over 1.5? Is it yet available on all > platforms?
There are many advantages, especially on the source code level. As far as I know, all platforms that distribute the Sun JRE at all, distribute versions 1.5 and/or 1.6 (and JabRef doesn't seem to run on non-Sun JREs anyway). Version 1.5 was released in 2004, so we're not exactly demanding that users keep on the bleeding edge :) > > Our biggest problem is perhaps that users download 2.3 beta without > > realizing that it is a beta version. > Exactly. Maybe the first button on the SourceForge.net download page should be > a link to the files for JabRef 2.2 advertised as 'latest stable version' > followed by a link to the files for JabRef 2.3 beta 2 advertised as 'current > beta version'. Can we do this? Perhaps we should do as Christopher suggests, and add prominent "Download stable version" and "Download beta version" links on the top of the main page. If we do that, perhaps the "Download" link in the top menu should be removed. Another option is to let the Download link go to a new page where we provide further links to the stable and beta releases. I can't see at the moment how to get a link to a specific release, but I'm sure it's possible somehow. -- Morten ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Jabref-devel mailing list Jabref-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jabref-devel
