Thanks for this info, Ben With the upgrade to Java 8 required for future versions of Geoserver and Geotools from September 2016 what are the implications for running Geoserver on 32-bit or 64-bit architectures?
The reason I ask is that I run 32-bit java and 32-bit Tomcat containers to use the Native JAI and ImageIO libraries with a 32-bit Java server Hotspot VM on Windows Server 2012. If I upgrade to Java 8 and the server JRE then it is only available in 64-bit which means I need to upgrade my Tomcat and not use the native JAI libraries (there are no 64-bit Windows versions). Now, I might be getting mixed up here but does the new marlin renderer do the same thing as the native JAI libraries? Could I use that instead and still get the same performance? I guess I could put in a business case to switch our servers to Linux based VMs... Thanks Ross Ross McDonald | GIS Data Coordinator | Resources Department, IT Division | Angus Council, Angus House, Orchardbank Business Park, Forfar, DD8 1AT T: 01307 476419 | F: 01307 476401 | E: [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Ben Caradoc-Davies [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 23 December 2015 00:21 To: [email protected] Subject: [Geoserver-users] GeoServer master (2.9.x) now requires Java 8 GeoTools master (2.9.x) now requires Java 8. The last 2.9.x release to support Java 7 is 2.9-M0. GeoServer users wishing to use the latest master nightlies or future 2.9.x releases must upgrade to Java 8. Oracle JDK 8 is recommended. OpenJDK 8 is also supported. GeoServer 2.8.x (current stable) and 2.7.x (current maintenance) releases will continue to support Java 7. Note that in March 2016 stable will be 2.9.x and require Java 8. The maintenance branch will then be 2.8.x and will be supported on Java 7 until September 2016. After September 2016, no GeoServer versions will be supported on Java 7, so start planning your upgrades now. Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <[email protected]> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Geoserver-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-users This message is strictly confidential. If you have received this in error, please inform the sender and remove it from your system. If received in error you may not copy, print, forward or use it or any attachment in any way. This message is not capable of creating a legal contract or a binding representation and does not represent the views of Angus Council. Emails may be monitored for security and network management reasons. Messages containing inappropriate content may be intercepted. Angus Council does not accept any liability for any harm that may be caused to the recipient system or data on it by this message or any attachment. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Geoserver-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-users
