Nice idea to have this survey to have some feedback from users. Do you think it may be possible to make this kind of survey to get feedback for maven web site (not plugin) or other area of maven ?
Eric Joke: perso win user so using jdk8 or jdk7 according to the os version Real: jdk 7 on server and on win box. -----Message d'origine----- De : Lennart Jörelid [mailto:[email protected]] Envoyé : mardi 16 juillet 2013 14:14 À : Maven Developers List Objet : Re: Java version usage survey I rum mainly on OSX for client and some Linuxes for server - so client side is >= JDK 1.6 // vänlig hälsning, // [sw: "best regards"], // // Lennart Jörelid 16 jul 2013 kl. 13:53 skrev Olivier Lamy <[email protected]>: > perso osx. So only >= 1.6 > > > 2013/7/16 Stephen Connolly <[email protected]>: >> 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-li >>> fe-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_TE7c8Jh >>>> usu >>>> gPmGW4/viewform >>>>>> Replies : >>>> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Jqxq2KgSricwS7YV7pmWvHA8m7_TE7c8Jh >>>> usu >>>> 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] > > > > -- > Olivier Lamy > Ecetera: http://ecetera.com.au > http://twitter.com/olamy | http://linkedin.com/in/olamy > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For > additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
