Recent MacOS also thus only Java 1.6 and 1.7. Maybe I could setup a VM with a Java 1.5 but to be honest I already have not enough time to contribute thus working on Maven inside a VM will never occur.
On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 1:35 PM, Stephen Connolly < [email protected]> wrote: > Speaking as a Maven Developer... > > My primary development machine is OS-X. > > On that machine I have 1.6.0_24-b07-334, 1.7.0_17, 1.7.0_21, and 1.7.0_25 > > I have a personal linode running 1.6.0_22, and my famous Acer Aspire One > that has some Java 1.5 and 1.6 versions on it... but I have not turned it > on more than twice since March 2011... most likely I will wipe it and > reinstall some more recent linux on it which will remove the older JDK > versions leaving it with likely a 1.6 and a 1.7. > > I also have a windows box sitting beside me... powered off (the Sun Ultra > T-20's are noisy don't you know) I only turn it on when I *need* windows > and a virtual machine will not suffice (i.e. firmware updates on Samsung > Galaxy S... which is now only used as a game console by my son) That has > Java 1.4-1.7 on it but it is far from current in terms of AV and patches, > so not something I would turn on for a quick test of a release. > > Effectively the lowest I can test releases is Java 1.6. > > It would be interesting to hear what the rest of the committers have as > their testing capability. If very few committers have access to Java 1.5 > across operating systems then I think the answer is clear... namely we > would not be in a position to stand over a release that claims to work on > Java 1.5, and hence moving to Java 1.6 as a baseline would seem a good > idea. > > Tools like animal-sniffer are great to help developers who cannot set up > the older JVMs on their development environment... but in my experience > they are no substitute for running on the older JVM. > > If our test capability is basically the Windows/Java 1.5 slave and the > *nix/Java 1.5 slave on the Apache Jenkins build server *and* we cannot keep > that integration test suite passing *then* Java 1.5 is dead for Maven IMHO > > -Stephen > > > On 16 July 2013 11:58, Robert Patrick <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Oracle Java 5 and 6 are EOLed but Oracle continues to support customers > > using commercial products that require them that themselves are not > EOLed. > > Given that current versions of Maven support Java 5 and 6, the real > > question is how important is it for older applications that cannot > support > > Java 7 to be able to use future versions of Maven? > > > > As far as I know, there is nothing from preventing Maven developers from > > using the existing versions of JDK 5/6 to build and test Maven. > > > > -- > > Robert Patrick <[email protected]> > > VP, FMW Architects Team: The A-Team > > Oracle Corporation Office: +1.940.725.0011 > > 1148 Triple Crown Court Fax: +1.940.725.0012 > > Bartonville, TX 76226, USA Mobile: +1.469.556.9450 > > > > Professional Oracle WebLogic Server > > by Robert Patrick, Gregory Nyberg, and Philip Aston > > with Josh Bregman and Paul Done > > Book Home Page: http://www.wrox.com/ > > Kindle Version: http://www.amazon.com/ > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Stephen Connolly [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 3:47 AM > > To: Maven Developers List > > Subject: Re: Java version usage survey > > > > I've put a question on Stack Overflow: > > > > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17671899/when-is-java-6-end-of-life-in-the-context-of-writing-developer-toolsto > > see if we can get something that is a bit more focus on facts. > > > > e.g. we are all OSS developers: thus premium/extended/sustaining support > > contracts are outside our budget. If we cannot test it for free, we > cannot > > support it. > > > > > > On 16 July 2013 09:01, Fred Cooke <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > My 2c: > > > > > > - J7 on Mac is unstable (trust me...) and non-performant, and thus I > > > require my users to use Apple's J6 on the Mac. > > > - On Linux there are lots of Swing bugs in all versions, but a lot > > less > > > in J7 than J6, so I recommend J7 for Linux guys. > > > - I don't use J5 for anything at all and none of my code can run on > it > > > due to basics that are missing there. > > > > > > I didn't distinguish vendors because the comments apply across all of > > > them anyway. > > > Fred. > > > > > > On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 9:29 AM, Chris Graham <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Hi Arnaud. > > > > > > > > You need to at least add an OTHER (ie non oracle) entry as well. You > > > > you can track Oracle java 6 and Non-Oracle java 6. > > > > > > > > -Chris > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 4:19 PM, Arnaud Héritier > > > > <[email protected] > > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > Good point. I updated the survey to tell it is the Oracle JDK EOL > > > > > Survey : > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Jqxq2KgSricwS7YV7pmWvHA8m7_TE7c8Jhusu > > > gPmGW4/viewform > > > > > Replies : > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Jqxq2KgSricwS7YV7pmWvHA8m7_TE7c8Jhusu > > > gPmGW4/viewanalytics > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 8:06 AM, Chris Graham > > > > > <[email protected]> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 10:07 AM, Arnaud Héritier < > > > [email protected] > > > > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Java 6 EOL was in feb and Maven and its plugins are always > > > > compatible > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Oracle Java 6 was EOL'd. > > > > > > > > > > > > IBM Java 6 was, and is not due to be for a few more years. They > > > > > > even > > > > > > *extended* 1.5's life for a year. Sept this year, I think. > > > > > > > > > > > > -Chris > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > ----- > > > > > Arnaud Héritier > > > > > http://aheritier.net > > > > > Mail/GTalk: aheritier AT gmail DOT com Twitter/Skype : aheritier > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > > -- ----- Arnaud Héritier http://aheritier.net Mail/GTalk: aheritier AT gmail DOT com Twitter/Skype : aheritier
