Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-26 Thread Arnaud Héritier
As we launched the other thread about removing the Java 6 support after september I never communicated about this survey but it seems that we have some readers here as we had 180 replies without doing anything :

RE: Java version usage survey

2013-07-17 Thread Robert Patrick
Home Page: http://www.wrox.com/ Kindle Version: http://www.amazon.com/ -Original Message- From: Kristian Rosenvold [mailto:kristian.rosenv...@zenior.no] Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 8:37 AM To: Maven Developers List Subject: Re: Java version usage survey I tucked away the last public

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-17 Thread Olivier Lamy
2013/7/17 Olivier Lamy ol...@apache.org: 2013/7/17 Stephen Connolly stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com: On 16 July 2013 23:01, Arnaud Héritier aherit...@gmail.com wrote: Until Jenkins gets upgraded to 1.520+ at which point the (crappy in my personal view) Maven job type will be unable to

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-17 Thread Stephen Connolly
On 17 July 2013 10:09, Olivier Lamy ol...@apache.org wrote: 2013/7/17 Olivier Lamy ol...@apache.org: 2013/7/17 Stephen Connolly stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com: On 16 July 2013 23:01, Arnaud Héritier aherit...@gmail.com wrote: Until Jenkins gets upgraded to 1.520+ at which point

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-17 Thread Arnaud Héritier
Note that to have the fix and be able to use Maven 3.1.0, jenkins users will have to upgrade which won't be soon for many of them (Myself I'm using the latest really stable one : the 1.480 LTS) On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 11:31 AM, Stephen Connolly stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com wrote: On 17

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-17 Thread Stephen Connolly
That would likely be a fix that any organizations providing longer term support would likely backport for their enterprise versions of Jenkins... On 17 July 2013 10:53, Arnaud Héritier aherit...@gmail.com wrote: Note that to have the fix and be able to use Maven 3.1.0, jenkins users will have

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-16 Thread Chris Graham
On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 10:07 AM, Arnaud Héritier aherit...@gmail.comwrote: Hi, Java 6 EOL was in feb and Maven and its plugins are always compatible Oracle Java 6 was EOL'd. IBM Java 6 was, and is not due to be for a few more years. They even *extended* 1.5's life for a year. Sept this

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-16 Thread Arnaud Héritier
+1 to ensure that we have a good solution (toolchains) to continue to keep a compatibility with old Java builds. Like always, upgrading the prerequisite of the core is less annoying than the one in plugins. Users can always keep an old core (and many of them will do it as far as new core versions

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-16 Thread Stephen Connolly
As long as surefire can fork down to 1.5 and as long as tool chains can compile with 1.5, the only issue I can see is if the development environments where these older JVMs are running do not have newer JDKs available also. This is the same issue we face in the Jenkins project, were we are

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-16 Thread Arnaud Héritier
Good point. I updated the survey to tell it is the Oracle JDK EOL Survey : https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Jqxq2KgSricwS7YV7pmWvHA8m7_TE7c8JhusugPmGW4/viewform Replies : https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Jqxq2KgSricwS7YV7pmWvHA8m7_TE7c8JhusugPmGW4/viewanalytics On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 8:06 AM,

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-16 Thread Arnaud Héritier
For all of those who asked to access to replies (I didn't see they were protected) I'll find a solution to share these results when the survey will be really started/published. On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 8:19 AM, Arnaud Héritier aherit...@gmail.comwrote: Good point. I updated the survey to tell

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-16 Thread Chris Graham
Hi Arnaud. You need to at least add an OTHER (ie non oracle) entry as well. You you can track Oracle java 6 and Non-Oracle java 6. -Chris On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 4:19 PM, Arnaud Héritier aherit...@gmail.comwrote: Good point. I updated the survey to tell it is the Oracle JDK EOL Survey :

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-16 Thread Fred Cooke
My 2c: - J7 on Mac is unstable (trust me...) and non-performant, and thus I require my users to use Apple's J6 on the Mac. - On Linux there are lots of Swing bugs in all versions, but a lot less in J7 than J6, so I recommend J7 for Linux guys. - I don't use J5 for anything at all

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-16 Thread Stephen Connolly
I've put a question on Stack Overflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17671899/when-is-java-6-end-of-life-in-the-context-of-writing-developer-toolsto see if we can get something that is a bit more focus on facts. e.g. we are all OSS developers: thus premium/extended/sustaining support

RE: Java version usage survey

2013-07-16 Thread Robert Patrick
://www.wrox.com/ Kindle Version: http://www.amazon.com/ -Original Message- From: Stephen Connolly [mailto:stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 3:47 AM To: Maven Developers List Subject: Re: Java version usage survey I've put a question on Stack Overflow: http

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-16 Thread Stephen Connolly
with Josh Bregman and Paul Done Book Home Page: http://www.wrox.com/ Kindle Version: http://www.amazon.com/ -Original Message- From: Stephen Connolly [mailto:stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 3:47 AM To: Maven Developers List Subject: Re: Java version

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-16 Thread Arnaud Héritier
To: Maven Developers List Subject: Re: Java version usage survey I've put a question on Stack Overflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17671899/when-is-java-6-end-of-life-in-the-context-of-writing-developer-toolsto see if we can get something that is a bit more focus on facts. e.g

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-16 Thread Olivier Lamy
[mailto:stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 3:47 AM To: Maven Developers List Subject: Re: Java version usage survey I've put a question on Stack Overflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17671899/when-is-java-6-end-of-life-in-the-context-of-writing-developer-toolsto see if we can

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-16 Thread Lennart Jörelid
To: Maven Developers List Subject: Re: Java version usage survey I've put a question on Stack Overflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17671899/when-is-java-6-end-of-life-in-the-context-of-writing-developer-toolsto see if we can get something that is a bit more focus on facts. e.g. we

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-16 Thread Chris Graham
with Josh Bregman and Paul Done Book Home Page: http://www.wrox.com/ Kindle Version: http://www.amazon.com/ -Original Message- From: Stephen Connolly [mailto:stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 3:47 AM To: Maven Developers List Subject: Re: Java version

RE: Java version usage survey

2013-07-16 Thread Martin Gainty
responsabilité pour le contenu fourni. Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 12:35:06 +0100 Subject: Re: Java version usage survey From: stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com To: dev@maven.apache.org Speaking as a Maven Developer... My primary development machine is OS-X. On that machine I have 1.6.0_24

RE: Java version usage survey

2013-07-16 Thread Eric Barboni
and on win box. -Message d'origine- De : Lennart Jörelid [mailto:lennart.jore...@gmail.com] Envoyé : mardi 16 juillet 2013 14:14 À : Maven Developers List Objet : Re: Java version usage survey I rum mainly on OSX for client and some Linuxes for server - so client side is = JDK 1.6

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-16 Thread Stephen Connolly
pour le contenu fourni. Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 12:35:06 +0100 Subject: Re: Java version usage survey From: stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com To: dev@maven.apache.org Speaking as a Maven Developer... My primary development machine is OS-X. On that machine I have 1.6.0_24-b07-334

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-16 Thread Chris Graham
+0100 Subject: Re: Java version usage survey From: stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com To: dev@maven.apache.org Speaking as a Maven Developer... My primary development machine is OS-X. On that machine I have 1.6.0_24-b07-334, 1.7.0_17, 1.7.0_21, and 1.7.0_25 I have

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-16 Thread Kristian Rosenvold
[mailto:stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 3:47 AM To: Maven Developers List Subject: Re: Java version usage survey I've put a question on Stack Overflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17671899/when-is-java-6-end-of-life-in-the-context-of-writing-developer

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-16 Thread Arnaud Héritier
Message- From: Stephen Connolly [mailto:stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 3:47 AM To: Maven Developers List Subject: Re: Java version usage survey I've put a question on Stack Overflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17671899/when-is-java-6

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-16 Thread Stéphane Nicoll
...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 3:47 AM To: Maven Developers List Subject: Re: Java version usage survey I've put a question on Stack Overflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17671899/when-is-java-6-end-of-life-in-the-context-of-writing-developer-toolsto see if we can get

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-16 Thread Fred Cooke
Connolly [mailto:stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 3:47 AM To: Maven Developers List Subject: Re: Java version usage survey I've put a question on Stack Overflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17671899/when-is-java-6-end-of-life-in-the-context-of-writing

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-16 Thread Arnaud Héritier
Connolly [mailto:stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 3:47 AM To: Maven Developers List Subject: Re: Java version usage survey I've put a question on Stack Overflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17671899/when-is-java-6-end-of-life-in-the-context

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-16 Thread Mirko Friedenhagen
and Paul Done Book Home Page: http://www.wrox.com/ Kindle Version: http://www.amazon.com/ -Original Message- From: Stephen Connolly [mailto:stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 3:47 AM To: Maven Developers List Subject: Re: Java version

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-16 Thread Kristian Rosenvold
Look you chickens; until quite recently I kept a 1.3 JVM running on windows to do the occasional test of surefire on jdk 1.3. (I kept a vmware image since installing 1.3 on linux required surrendering your first born to Sauron) All your complaining about not being able to run 1.5 sounds like

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-16 Thread Kristian Rosenvold
16. juli 2013 kl. 07:35 skrev Stephen Connolly stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com: - have we good test coverage with toolchains? No. Kristian - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-16 Thread Stephen Connolly
On 16 July 2013 21:52, Kristian Rosenvold kristian.rosenv...@zenior.nowrote: Look you chickens; until quite recently I kept a 1.3 JVM running on windows to do the occasional test of surefire on jdk 1.3. (I kept a vmware image since installing 1.3 on linux required surrendering your first

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-16 Thread Arnaud Héritier
Until Jenkins gets upgraded to 1.520+ at which point the (crappy in my personal view) Maven job type will be unable to run 1.5 The crappy one which doesn't work with Maven 3.1.0 too (I tested it this afternoon) Can still keep trucking with a FreeStyle + Maven Build Step though (and I

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-16 Thread Stephen Connolly
On 16 July 2013 23:01, Arnaud Héritier aherit...@gmail.com wrote: Until Jenkins gets upgraded to 1.520+ at which point the (crappy in my personal view) Maven job type will be unable to run 1.5 The crappy one which doesn't work with Maven 3.1.0 too (I tested it this afternoon)

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-16 Thread Barrie Treloar
On 17 July 2013 07:31, Arnaud Héritier aherit...@gmail.com wrote: Can still keep trucking with a FreeStyle + Maven Build Step though (and I prefer that way anyway) asJenkinsUser Me too if we backport features from the crappy maven integration into the freestyle job (automatic dependencies,

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-16 Thread Stephen Connolly
On 16 July 2013 23:25, Barrie Treloar baerr...@gmail.com wrote: On 17 July 2013 07:31, Arnaud Héritier aherit...@gmail.com wrote: Can still keep trucking with a FreeStyle + Maven Build Step though (and I prefer that way anyway) asJenkinsUser Me too if we backport features from the

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-16 Thread Chris Graham
Page: http://www.wrox.com/ Kindle Version: http://www.amazon.com/ -Original Message- From: Stephen Connolly [mailto:stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com ] Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 3:47 AM To: Maven Developers List Subject: Re: Java version usage survey

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-16 Thread Olivier Lamy
2013/7/17 Stephen Connolly stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com: On 16 July 2013 23:01, Arnaud Héritier aherit...@gmail.com wrote: Until Jenkins gets upgraded to 1.520+ at which point the (crappy in my personal view) Maven job type will be unable to run 1.5 The crappy one which doesn't

Java version usage survey

2013-07-15 Thread Arnaud Héritier
Hi, Java 6 EOL was in feb and Maven and its plugins are always compatible with Java 5 (And probably various plugins with Java 4). Couldn't it be interesting to see which JDKs our users are using to see how we can schedule the end of support of Java 5 (and more). Perhaps a removal of Java 5

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-15 Thread Gary Gregory
On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 8:07 PM, Arnaud Héritier aherit...@gmail.comwrote: Hi, Java 6 EOL was in feb and Maven and its plugins are always compatible with Java 5 (And probably various plugins with Java 4). Couldn't it be interesting to see which JDKs our users are using to see how we can

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-15 Thread Mirko Friedenhagen
On Jul 16, 2013 2:08 AM, Arnaud Héritier aherit...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Java 6 EOL was in feb and Maven and its plugins are always compatible with Java 5 (And probably various plugins with Java 4). Couldn't it be interesting to see which JDKs our users are using to see how we can

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-15 Thread Stephen Connolly
Given that Oracle have stated they will be more aggressive in forcing people to upgrade, eg -target (and I think -source too) will not got all the way down to 1.2 any more from JDK8 IIRC, we will need to sort out a few things: - is toolchains the way to go? - have we good test coverage with