Re: [DISCUSS] Java version requirement for Mavan 3.4.x

2015-11-30 Thread Martin W. Kirst
Switching to java 1.8 ==> +1 from my side But please use a major version increase, to clearly communicate that change. Besides the already mentioned arguments from the core developers, are their any numbers on the user base available? I mean: select 'java.version' from 'maven_users', where day(las

Re: to delete windows build ?

2015-11-21 Thread Martin W. Kirst
Hi regarding the System.gc() hack it's close to impossible to say how much gets freed. According to http://bugs.java.com/view_bug.do?bug_id=6668279 only unsed object references are discovered and _may_ get released. AFAIK streams or file handles aren't closed by GC directly, but sometimes when the

[call for review] MNG-3525 Settings.xml allowing mirror definitions inside profiles

2015-10-31 Thread Martin W. Kirst
r and SettingsXmlConfigurationProcessor. There is a lot of code duplication, there. What are their responsibilities? Or, did I walked into the middle of a refactoring? Any feedback is welcome. Thanks in advance. Regards Martin W. Kirst Twitter, Github, Skype: @nitr