Justin Deoliveira ha scritto:
> I have mixed feelings about this one. I definitely agree that it is a 
> pain to require developers to use java 5 when java 6 is the new default.
> 
> But I also know there exist users that can't make the shift in an 
> organization because IT requires them to use an older java version.
> 
> All in all I would tend to weigh user concerns higher than developer 
> ones. It is not like developers are crashing down the door wanting to 
> contribute to geotools. The higher barrier of entry imo is the 
> complexity of the codebase, not the version of Java we use.
> 
> All that said I think it would be a good idea to do a poll of the user 
> community. As well as the user communities of any projects depending on 
> geotools. I think we did something similar when we switched to java 5.

Yep. Just wanted to do a developer pool before going to do a
user one... so far not sure a user one is necessary, not enough
enthusiasm for a switch to java 6 around here I guess ;-)

Although... who knows, maybe a user pool could be interesting anyways
(we're curious animals anyways no?) ;-)

Cheers
Andrea


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