Switching to Java 7 would be a mistake in my view based on the number of users listed in the current usage summary. If current development switches to Java 7, the Java 5 and Java 6 users will be stranded by a development choice, rather than making their own choice of JDK. I don't see enough benefit for Jenkins developers or Jenkins users in the switch from Java6 to Java7, and I see a large potential to alienate a very large portion of the user community if development switched to a Java7 runtime dependency.
I'm in favor of switching from Java5 as the runtime dependency to Java6 as the runtime dependency. I assume it is one less thing to trouble the developers so they don't have to continually check that they have not inadvertently introduced a Java6 runtime dependency. Mark Waite >________________________________ > From: Jeff <predato...@gmail.com> >To: jenkinsci-users@googlegroups.com >Sent: Wednesday, September 5, 2012 1:38 PM >Subject: Re: [VOTE] Bump Jenkins to Java 6 > > >Bump Jenkins version to 1.500 (or something), put branch 1.4xx into >maintenance and switch to Java 7. Java 7 is already at update 7. > > >My $.02. > > > >On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 1:18 PM, domi <d...@fortysix.ch> wrote: > >Hi all, >> >>just after todays meeting on the IRC chat, we startet a discussion about >>upgrading Jenkins to Java 6. >>As Java 5 has reached EOL since quite a while, some core developers have >>asked whether it would be >>OK to bump Jenkins' runtime dependency from Java5 to Java6. >>The core is already build on Java6, but until now still backward compatible >>with Java5. >>Therefore we would like to know from you (Users) whether you have an issue >>with this upgrade. >>This would mean, that in the future you will have to have Java6 installed to >>run Jenkins (for Master and Slave). >> >>Here are the current usage numbers (installations we know of): >>Java 1.5: 655 >>Java 1.6: 29164 >>Java 1.7: 2919 >> >>So please give us some feedback/votes on this. >>Domi > > > >-- > >Jeff Vincent >predato...@gmail.com >See my LinkedIn profile at: >http://www.linkedin.com/in/rjeffreyvincent >I ♥ DropBox !! > > >
