Oracle Java 5 and 6 are EOLed but Oracle continues to support customers using commercial products that require them that themselves are not EOLed. Given that current versions of Maven support Java 5 and 6, the real question is how important is it for older applications that cannot support Java 7 to be able to use future versions of Maven?
As far as I know, there is nothing from preventing Maven developers from using the existing versions of JDK 5/6 to build and test Maven. -- Robert Patrick <robert.patr...@oracle.com> VP, FMW Architects Team: The A-Team Oracle Corporation Office: +1.940.725.0011 1148 Triple Crown Court Fax: +1.940.725.0012 Bartonville, TX 76226, USA Mobile: +1.469.556.9450 Professional Oracle WebLogic Server by Robert Patrick, Gregory Nyberg, and Philip Aston 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 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 are all OSS developers: thus premium/extended/sustaining support contracts are outside our budget. If we cannot test it for free, we cannot support it. On 16 July 2013 09:01, Fred Cooke <fred.co...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 and none of my code can run on it > due to basics that are missing there. > > I didn't distinguish vendors because the comments apply across all of > them anyway. > Fred. > > On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 9:29 AM, Chris Graham <chrisgw...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > 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.com > > >wrote: > > > > > Good point. I updated the survey to tell it is the Oracle JDK EOL > > > Survey : > > > > > > > > > https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Jqxq2KgSricwS7YV7pmWvHA8m7_TE7c8Jhusu > gPmGW4/viewform > > > Replies : > > > > > > > > > https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Jqxq2KgSricwS7YV7pmWvHA8m7_TE7c8Jhusu > gPmGW4/viewanalytics > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 8:06 AM, Chris Graham > > > <chrisgw...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 10:07 AM, Arnaud Héritier < > aherit...@gmail.com > > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > 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 year, I think. > > > > > > > > -Chris > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > ----- > > > Arnaud Héritier > > > http://aheritier.net > > > Mail/GTalk: aheritier AT gmail DOT com Twitter/Skype : aheritier > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org
