Not really a roadblock, it just means setting up a mac with java requires
an install <http://www.java.com/en/download/help/mac_install.xml>. They
have a placeholder so if you type "java" it invites you to install. Oracle
is providing Java 7 and 8 for mac, Apple if providing Java 6 (and keeps it
up to date with security patches so far).

It seems there is a vast gulf between Java 6 (i.e. conservative deployment
environments) and anything else. If we are going to leave Java 6 is there
any reason not to skip ahead to 8?

Aside I have some recent experience trying out Oracle Java 7 recently -
introduced some rendering test failures (based on reading a GeoTIFF coming
back with 4 bands rather than the expected 3).


Jody Garnett


On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 7:41 PM, Andrea Aime
<[email protected]>wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 10:08 PM, Jody Garnett <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> There is one downside to this . for the osx users, we will be asking our
>> developers to migrate to an Oracle JDK (as apple has not provided a Java 7).
>>
>
> Interesting... is that a serious roadblock?
>
> Reminds me of this tweet, how much truth is there into it?
> https://twitter.com/shmcmahon/status/445329656602820608/photo/1
>
> Cheers
> Andrea
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