I guess we can discuss this all day... I still think, you always should stick with the "lowest" possible runtime platform. So if we can do the same stuff with Java 6 as with Java 7, then stick with Java 6... /Tonny
-- Tonny Madsen My profiles: [image: LinkedIn] <http://www.linkedin.com/in/tonnymadsen> [image: Twitter] <http://twitter.com/tonnymadsen> [image: Blogger]<http://tonnymadsen.blogspot.dk/> [image: SlideShare] <http://www.slideshare.net/nonty> On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 9:43 AM, Jochen Wiedmann <[email protected]>wrote: > Please, guys, keep the following in mind: > > - Installing, or updating Eclipse can be done without administrative > privileges. > - Installing, or updating a JRE does. > > Not all of us have root permissions, in particular not the Windows users. > > Jochen > > > > On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 8:34 AM, Tonny Madsen <[email protected]>wrote: > >> > It's just a statement that new stuff will require other new stuff. >> >> For me the operational word is "require" :-) >> >> And slightly easier development is *not* a hard requirement in my book. >> Most of the problems the new resource construct can avoid can also be >> avoided using findbug, checkstyle, etc... >> >> /Tonny >> >> -- >> Tonny Madsen >> My profiles: [image: LinkedIn] <http://www.linkedin.com/in/tonnymadsen> >> [image: >> Twitter] <http://twitter.com/tonnymadsen> [image: >> Blogger]<http://tonnymadsen.blogspot.dk/> >> [image: SlideShare] <http://www.slideshare.net/nonty> >> >> >> On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 7:45 AM, Thomas Hallgren <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On 2013-05-30 22:19, Tonny Madsen wrote: >>> >>>> No so... Remember that Eclipse can be installed everywhere - Java >>>> cannot. >>>> >>> >>> That is a good point. However, I've never been able to understand why >>> inertia in some organizations product department should be allowed to hold >>> back technology progress for the developers. If an organization does allow >>> upgrades of Eclipse (and hence upgrades of their development environments), >>> then I find it very likely that they will allow the developers to use Java >>> 7 as well. The fact that the developed product then runs on a Java 6 JVM is >>> not relevant. m2e is all about development. The resulting artifact may well >>> run on much older platforms. >>> >>> So, It's not like anything is taken away. It's just a statement that new >>> stuff will require other new stuff. If you don't like new stuff, then just >>> stay with the old! But don't expect all others to do so just because. >>> >>> - thomas >>> >>> >>> ______________________________**_________________ >>> m2e-users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://dev.eclipse.org/**mailman/listinfo/m2e-users<https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/m2e-users> >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> m2e-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/m2e-users >> >> > > > -- > "That's what prayers are ... it's frightened people trying to make friends > with the bully!" > > Terry Pratchett. The Last Hero > > > _______________________________________________ > m2e-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/m2e-users > >
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