On 04/06/10 22:12, Joachim Van der Auwera wrote: > Considering that java5 is still just the previous version (even if it is > already a couple years old),
Six years. > I would not require java6 unless there is a > very compelling reason. (1) It is a pain in the arse to get the Java 5 JDK. (2) OpenJDK is Java 6. I think these were Andrea's points. I agree that some deployments are stuck in the past and will suffer, but they will have to upgrade one day. Or just stay with ancient code to complement their ancient platform. We have already done them a solid, protecting cruft old deployments over our own developers to the extent that one major contributor left this project. Time to move on. -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben.caradoc-dav...@csiro.au> Software Engineering Team Leader CSIRO Earth Science and Resource Engineering Australian Resources Research Centre ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
