On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 12:28 PM, Grant Ingersoll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Nov 12, 2008, at 2:50 PM, Ryan McKinley wrote: > >> How do you all feel about using java 1.6? >> >> The reasons I would like to see java 1.6: >> 1. (minor) @Override annotaion for interfaces >> 2. (minor) StAX APIs are part of the core java API >> 3. (minor) bunch of JMX monitoring extensions >> 4. (real reason) Make modern JRE a base requirement. It is easier to >> convince folks they need to upgrade if it is a requirement... > > This also may hinder adoption, which is also critical at this stage. While > I'm all for 1.6 now that OS X has it, I hesitate to make it a requirement. > That being said, we were forced, in Mahout, to go to 1.6 b/c Hadoop went to > 1.6. It wasn't a big deal, but it's just one more thing to deal with. > > So, +0 >
Agreed on the hindering adoption a bit - ie) I'm not sure how to get 1.6 on my Mac as it's not the latest OS version and Apple beautifully tie things; however it's worth suffering that pain imo to start a new product on the latest JDK. Non-binding +1. Hen
