Re: time to move on?

2012-01-18 Thread Simon IJskes - QCG
On 15-01-12 12:52, Simon IJskes - QCG wrote: On 15-01-12 09:55, Peter Firmstone wrote: Simon IJskes - QCG wrote: Shall we adapt our compatibility policy? http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/eol-135779.html Gr. Sim +1 Might as well, we don't have the resources at present to support

Re: time to move on?

2012-01-18 Thread Tom Hobbs
Probably a vote. Sorry for not mentioning this before, I'm snowed under...again. I remember last time this came up we elected to keep support for Java 5 because we had a user who was dependent on it because of their use of Real Time Java. Does anyone remember that or did I make it up? My

Re: time to move on?

2012-01-18 Thread Patricia Shanahan
In any case, I suggest posting the proposal to the user list and getting reactions before voting. Patricia On 1/18/2012 1:50 AM, Tom Hobbs wrote: Probably a vote. Sorry for not mentioning this before, I'm snowed under...again. I remember last time this came up we elected to keep support

Re: time to move on?

2012-01-18 Thread Simon IJskes - QCG
On 18-01-12 12:02, Patricia Shanahan wrote: In any case, I suggest posting the proposal to the user list and getting reactions before voting. Do you mean to say that we will stay on jdk5 when a user says no? Gr. Sim -- QCG, Software voor het MKB, 071-5890970, http://www.qcg.nl Quality

Re: time to move on?

2012-01-18 Thread Patricia Shanahan
On 1/18/2012 7:28 AM, Simon IJskes - QCG wrote: On 18-01-12 12:02, Patricia Shanahan wrote: In any case, I suggest posting the proposal to the user list and getting reactions before voting. Do you mean to say that we will stay on jdk5 when a user says no? Personally, I would vote +1 if only

Re: time to move on?

2012-01-18 Thread Tom Hobbs
No, I'm suggesting being sensitive to the needs of our users and make an informed decision when we've made a reasonable effort to understand everyone's position. Sent via mobile device, please forgive typos and spacing errors. On 18 Jan 2012 15:29, Simon IJskes - QCG si...@qcg.nl wrote: On

Re: time to move on?

2012-01-18 Thread Sim IJskes - QCG
On 18-01-12 16:40, Tom Hobbs wrote: No, I'm suggesting being sensitive to the needs of our users and make an informed decision when we've made a reasonable effort to understand everyone's position. Ok, be my guest. I'm not going to do this. Gr. Sim

Re: time to move on?

2012-01-15 Thread Peter Firmstone
Simon IJskes - QCG wrote: Shall we adapt our compatibility policy? http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/eol-135779.html Gr. Sim +1 Might as well, we don't have the resources at present to support Java 5 properly and we can't compile the build on it due to dependencies and aren't testing

Re: time to move on?

2012-01-15 Thread Simon IJskes - QCG
On 15-01-12 09:55, Peter Firmstone wrote: Simon IJskes - QCG wrote: Shall we adapt our compatibility policy? http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/eol-135779.html Gr. Sim +1 Might as well, we don't have the resources at present to support Java 5 Also some of my concurrency work