On 2010/10/28 (Oct), at 1:00 PM, Ximin Luo wrote: > On a more abstract note, I think it's contradictory to be "under > active > development" and still want to support old software. It's trying to > cover too > much ground. > > X
I would agree if this issue was "holding freenet back", but I don't get that impression at all. It's not like we're linking against an obsolete library/distro, because java-6 can run java-5 bytecode. In that sense it is more an issue of a smaller-but-stable platform. I would vote *against* moving to java-6 for several reasons: (1) There are still many capable but PPC Apple machines being used. (2) Foreseeable interests exists that would be easier with java-5 (like embedded-freenet). (3) There is no stated immediate benefit. (4) It would require a lot more effort on my part to keep up with a java-5-compatible freenet fork. -- Robert Hailey
