I think the issue is more focused on developers rather than users. Currently, if a Taverna developer wants to use some Java feature or API available only for Java 1.6, (s)he cannot. I guess it is not a problem in 95% of cases, because there are usually alternatives, but in some cases the developer who is concerned on compatibility cannot use newer libraries.
On 10/09/09 15:02, Jerzy Orlowski wrote: > I've never used 1.5 for Taverna and it worked. > Didn't even know about the issue > > Jerzy Orlowski > > Egon Willighagen pisze: >> On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 9:36 AM, Egon Willighagen >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 11:27 AM, Alan Williams<[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> At the moment Taverna is still using Java 1.5 because of lack of support >>>> for Java 1.6 on 32bit Macs. I was wondering what people's opinions are >>>> on switching to Java 1.6. >>>> >>> Java5 will not be available from archives for Ubuntu 10.04. >>> >> >> Umm... that's for 9.10 already. Sorry. >> >> Egon >> >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA > is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your > developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay > ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference > _______________________________________________ > taverna-hackers mailing list > [email protected] > Web site: http://www.taverna.org.uk > Mailing lists: http://www.taverna.org.uk/taverna-mailing-lists/ > Developers Guide: http://www.mygrid.org.uk/tools/developer-information > -- "There is no reason why anybody would want a computer in their home" - Ken Olson, founder of DEC 1977 "640K ought to be enough for anybody" - Bill Gates, 1981 "Nobody will ever outgrow a 20Mb hard drive." - ??? "Premature optimization is the root of all evil." - Donald Knuth José María Fernández González Tlfn: (+34) 91 732 80 00 / 91 224 69 00 (ext 3061) e-mail: [email protected] Fax: (+34) 91 224 69 76 Unidad del Instituto Nacional de Bioinformática Biología Estructural y Biocomputación Structural Biology and Biocomputing Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas C.P.: 28029 Zip Code: 28029 C/. Melchor Fernández Almagro, 3 Madrid (Spain) **NOTA DE CONFIDENCIALIDAD** Este correo electrónico, y en su caso los ficheros adjuntos, pueden contener información protegida para el uso exclusivo de su destinatario. Se prohíbe la distribución, reproducción o cualquier otro tipo de transmisión por parte de otra persona que no sea el destinatario. Si usted recibe por error este correo, se ruega comunicarlo al remitente y borrar el mensaje recibido. **CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE** This email communication and any attachments may contain confidential and privileged information for the sole use of the designated recipient named above. Distribution, reproduction or any other use of this transmission by any party other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient please contact the sender and delete all copies. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ taverna-hackers mailing list [email protected] Web site: http://www.taverna.org.uk Mailing lists: http://www.taverna.org.uk/taverna-mailing-lists/ Developers Guide: http://www.mygrid.org.uk/tools/developer-information
