I'm also a +1 just to clarify.

I think IT should upgrade when they should. Not upgrading due to IT
issues are very sad though definitely understandable.

I'm very sure all of us are essentially saying what Justin said about
mixed feelings, it is clearly:
1. We should upgrade to the new default +1
2. IT still hasn't upgrade our servers to the new default. -1

So I think although Andrea feels there's not enough enthusiasm among
developers, we should still do a user poll if possible just to see how
many -1 are there. (hopefully the -1s can become +1s by their IT
becoming change-friendly, haha)

2010/6/4 Andrea Aime <aa...@opengeo.org>:
> 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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