Re: [VOTE] Bump Jenkins to Java 6

[Mehul Sanghvi]

On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 1:42 PM, Kohsuke Kawaguchi
kkawagu...@cloudbees.com wrote:

 Yes, slaves are important.

 When the Jenkins core bumps up to require Java6, all the slaves will need to
 run Java6.

 You can still launch builds that builds with Java5 (just like you can today
 launch a build that builds with Java 1.4), but the slave JVM will have to be
 Java6.

 So folks, think about all the exotic slaves you may have (BSD, SunOS, IRIX,
 HP-UX, AIX, ...) and think if Java6 is available readily on them. Do you
 keep any ancient versions of those platforms for testing purpose? Do your
 ancient versions have Java6?

 So far we are seeing wide support from developers to bump up to 1.6. So you
 better raise your voice if you have a problem...



+1 for Java6


-- 
Mehul N. Sanghvi
email: mehul.sang...@gmail.com

Difficulty of converting an existing slave to a master ?

[Mehul Sanghvi]

We currently have a Jenkins slave server and were considering converting it
to become a master server.  How difficult is that process ?   I have not done
it before, and although I will be making backups, I just want to ensure that
we do it properly and do not loose data.  At the same time, I would like
to be able to give a proper estimate to management about how long it
will take, etc.


cheers,

 mehul



-- 
Mehul N. Sanghvi
email: mehul.sang...@gmail.com