Re: The future of OpenJDK6

2013-03-13 Thread Joe Darcy
Removing disc...@openjdk.java.net from the distribution list. On 3/13/2013 8:25 PM, Martin Buchholz wrote: Our experience at Google has been that javac7 is a stricter compiler than javac6. It is a significant effort migrating from javac6 to javac7 with a large code base. Since openjdk6 is all

Re: The future of OpenJDK6

2013-03-13 Thread Martin Buchholz
Our experience at Google has been that javac7 is a stricter compiler than javac6. It is a significant effort migrating from javac6 to javac7 with a large code base. Since openjdk6 is all about stability, I would resist updating the javac in openjdk6. Some of the "bugs" in javac6 allow user code

Re: The future of OpenJDK6

2013-03-13 Thread Andrew Hughes
- Original Message - > Responding to one point below, > > On 3/13/2013 12:47 PM, Andrew Hughes wrote: > > - Original Message - > > [snip] > > > 4. Finally, this is just a thought, and I realise it may run > > contrary > > to your promise of long-term stability and compatibility,

Re: The future of OpenJDK6

2013-03-13 Thread Andrew Hughes
- Original Message - > Hello, > > On 03/13/2013 09:02 PM, Andrew Haley wrote: > > Oracle ended public updates of JDK6 at the end of last month. Many > > people seem to have concluded that the OpenJDK6 project will > > therefore > > end at the same time. This is incorrect: OpenJDK6 will

Re: The future of OpenJDK6

2013-03-13 Thread Alex Kasko
Hello, On 03/13/2013 09:02 PM, Andrew Haley wrote: Oracle ended public updates of JDK6 at the end of last month. Many people seem to have concluded that the OpenJDK6 project will therefore end at the same time. This is incorrect: OpenJDK6 will continue, but will be maintained by the community

Re: The future of OpenJDK6

2013-03-13 Thread Joe Darcy
Responding to one point below, On 3/13/2013 12:47 PM, Andrew Hughes wrote: - Original Message - [snip] 4. Finally, this is just a thought, and I realise it may run contrary to your promise of long-term stability and compatibility, but I've been giving some thought to the long runnin

Re: The future of OpenJDK6

2013-03-13 Thread Jonathan Gibbons
On 03/13/2013 12:47 PM, Andrew Hughes wrote: 4. Finally, this is just a thought, and I realise it may run contrary to your promise of long-term stability and compatibility, but I've been giving some thought to the long running issues we've had with javac in OpenJDK 6. For those who are unaware

Re: The future of OpenJDK6

2013-03-13 Thread Andrew Hughes
- Original Message - > Oracle ended public updates of JDK6 at the end of last month. Many > people seem to have concluded that the OpenJDK6 project will > therefore > end at the same time. This is incorrect: OpenJDK6 will continue, but > will be maintained by the community outside Oracle.

The future of OpenJDK6

2013-03-13 Thread Andrew Haley
Oracle ended public updates of JDK6 at the end of last month. Many people seem to have concluded that the OpenJDK6 project will therefore end at the same time. This is incorrect: OpenJDK6 will continue, but will be maintained by the community outside Oracle. This will require some infrastructure