IMHO we should move all of dev to 1.7 ASAP to suss out any early issues. This 
should include continuous integration.  Thanks, L

On Jul 16, 2012, at 12:54 PM, Duffy Gillman <[email protected]> wrote:

> I've been looking into compiling and running nakamura under the Oracle 1.7 
> JDK and have met initial success [1]. After some additional testing we will 
> be able to use either 1.6 or 1.7. This raises the question what we want to 
> officially support, and when support should be shifted to 1.7. For some 
> period it may be possible to support either version of Java. Java 1.6 will 
> reach end of life (EOL) November of this year [2]. So this discussion may be 
> urgent for some in this community. What concerns does this community have 
> around the timing of this transition? It seems some deployers may be pushed 
> by support policies to move off of the soon-to-be-unsupported Java 1.6. Are 
> there likewise folks who will face obstacles moving *off* of 1.6? What is the 
> cost (particularly for QA) of supporting both versions?
> 
> Just some points for discussion...
> 
> [1] https://github.com/sakaiproject/nakamura/pull/915
> [2] http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/eol-135779.html
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> Duffy Gillman
> Sr. Software Engineer
> The rSmart Group, Inc.
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