Taverna 2.2 is the last release that will support Java 5; the next release will be using Java 6.
I don't think we have a date planned for the next release yet but support for more scripting languages is likely to be included as that was the main motivation for moving to Java 6. The Jira issue is at http://www.mygrid.org.uk/dev/issues/browse/T2-896. We also have an open issue specifically for Perl support (http://www.mygrid.org.uk/dev/issues/browse/T2-1295) but I think we would be reliant on a script engine being available for Perl (there doesn't seem to be one listed at https://scripting.dev.java.net/ yet). David. On 2 Aug 2010, at 00:28, Mark Fortner wrote: > When I'd the switch to Java 6 planned? If it's going to be a while you > might try BSF as a stopgap measure. > > Mark > > On Aug 1, 2010, at 2:50 PM, "Donal K. Fellows" > <[email protected] >> wrote: > >> On 01/08/2010 18:38, Mark Fortner wrote: >>> Not that I know of. But it would be nice if there was a more >>> generalized >>> form of the current beanshell processor. Java has built in support >>> for >>> scripting languages, and most people are familiar with python or perl >>> (not beanshell). There are a wide variety of supported scripting >>> languages that make use of the Java VM including (Groovy, JavaScript, >>> Sleep (a perl-like language) and Jython). Here's a brief listing: >>> https://scripting.dev.java.net/ >> >> We've known about this (and wanted to fix it!) for quite a while, >> but it's been blocked for a while by Taverna being dependent on >> supporting Java 5; the scripting support framework requires Java 6. >> >> The good news is that we will be removing this blocker in future >> releases. The Server is already transitioned (a benefit of it being >> a de novo software artefact), the core execution Platform is being >> ported, and I'm not quite sure what's involved in moving the >> Workbench; GUI development in Java isn't my particular forté. The no >> t-quite-so-good news is that I'm not sure what the timeline for the >> transition is. >> >>> Perhaps we can raise an issue about this if there's enough interest >>> from >>> the user-community. >> >> Once the blocker problem (Java versioning) is sorted, I'd hope that >> the community could provide plugins for the languages they want to >> see. >> >> Donal. >> <donal_k_fellows.vcf> >> --- >> --- >> --- >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> The Palm PDK Hot Apps Program offers developers who use the >> Plug-In Development Kit to bring their C/C++ apps to Palm for a share >> of $1 Million in cash or HP Products. Visit us here for more details: >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/dev2dev-palm >> _______________________________________________ >> taverna-hackers mailing list >> [email protected] >> Web site: http://www.taverna.org.uk >> Mailing lists: http://www.taverna.org.uk/about/contact-us/ >> Developers Guide: http://www.taverna.org.uk/developers/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The Palm PDK Hot Apps Program offers developers who use the > Plug-In Development Kit to bring their C/C++ apps to Palm for a share > of $1 Million in cash or HP Products. Visit us here for more details: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/dev2dev-palm > _______________________________________________ > taverna-hackers mailing list > [email protected] > Web site: http://www.taverna.org.uk > Mailing lists: http://www.taverna.org.uk/about/contact-us/ > Developers Guide: http://www.taverna.org.uk/developers/ -- David Withers School of Computer Science, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK. +44 (0)161 275 0683 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Palm PDK Hot Apps Program offers developers who use the Plug-In Development Kit to bring their C/C++ apps to Palm for a share of $1 Million in cash or HP Products. Visit us here for more details: http://p.sf.net/sfu/dev2dev-palm _______________________________________________ taverna-hackers mailing list [email protected] Web site: http://www.taverna.org.uk Mailing lists: http://www.taverna.org.uk/about/contact-us/ Developers Guide: http://www.taverna.org.uk/developers/
