I am also a +1 for this. I think we need to be technology leaders in this area.
Users who have a stable production environment will be sticking with that particular version of geotools anyway, and will not constantly upgrade (unless bug fix). When a production environment has an upgrade path, they will most definitely create a migration study to look into the impacts. I think it is bad practice to stay with 5, especially seeing as it is EOL now, 7 is due out in the foreseeable and will be 2 versions old by then. After a while, people look at technology and think of it as stale if it has not been kept up with the pace. -----Original Message----- From: lim goh [mailto:cl...@student.cs.uwaterloo.ca] Sent: 04 June 2010 16:13 To: geotools-devel Subject: Re: [Geotools-devel] Informal poll: how good are we for a switch to Java 6 now? 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 > > > -- > 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 > -- L I M ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 DISCLAIMER: This email may contain confidential information and is intended only for the use of the specific individual(s) to which it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you are hereby notified that any unauthorized use, dissemination or copying of this email or the information contained in it or attached to it is strictly prohibited. If you received this message in error, please immediately notify the sender at Infotech or mail.ad...@infotech-enterprises.com and delete the original message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
