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 -- Andrea Aime OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org Expert service straight from the developers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo _______________________________________________ Geotools-devel mailing list Geotools-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-devel