Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-26 Thread Arnaud Héritier
As we launched the other thread about removing the Java 6 support after september I never communicated about this survey but it seems that we have some readers here as we had 180 replies without doing anything : https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Jqxq2KgSricwS7YV7pmWvHA8m7_TE7c8JhusugPmGW4/viewanalyt

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-17 Thread Stephen Connolly
That would likely be a fix that any organizations providing longer term support would likely backport for their enterprise versions of Jenkins... On 17 July 2013 10:53, Arnaud Héritier wrote: > Note that to have the fix and be able to use Maven 3.1.0, jenkins users > will have to upgrade which

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-17 Thread Arnaud Héritier
Note that to have the fix and be able to use Maven 3.1.0, jenkins users will have to upgrade which won't be soon for many of them (Myself I'm using the latest really stable one : the 1.480 LTS) On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 11:31 AM, Stephen Connolly < stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 17 J

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-17 Thread Stephen Connolly
On 17 July 2013 10:09, Olivier Lamy wrote: > 2013/7/17 Olivier Lamy : > > 2013/7/17 Stephen Connolly : > >> On 16 July 2013 23:01, Arnaud Héritier wrote: > >> > >>> > > > >>> > > >>> > Until Jenkins gets upgraded to 1.520+ at which point the (crappy in > my > >>> > personal view) Maven job type

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-17 Thread Olivier Lamy
2013/7/17 Olivier Lamy : > 2013/7/17 Stephen Connolly : >> On 16 July 2013 23:01, Arnaud Héritier wrote: >> >>> > > >>> > >>> > Until Jenkins gets upgraded to 1.520+ at which point the (crappy in my >>> > personal view) Maven job type will be unable to run 1.5 >>> > >>> > >>> The crappy one which

RE: Java version usage survey

2013-07-16 Thread Robert Patrick
http://www.wrox.com/ Kindle Version: http://www.amazon.com/ -Original Message- From: Kristian Rosenvold [mailto:kristian.rosenv...@zenior.no] Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 8:37 AM To: Maven Developers List Subject: Re: Java version usage survey I tucked away the last public debs of 1.5 an

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-16 Thread Olivier Lamy
2013/7/17 Stephen Connolly : > On 16 July 2013 23:01, Arnaud Héritier wrote: > >> > > >> > >> > Until Jenkins gets upgraded to 1.520+ at which point the (crappy in my >> > personal view) Maven job type will be unable to run 1.5 >> > >> > >> The crappy one which doesn't work with Maven 3.1.0 too (

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-16 Thread Chris Graham
rk > >> > >>> on > >> > >>>>> Java 1.5, and hence moving to Java 1.6 as a baseline would seem > a > >> > good > >> > >>> idea. > >> > >>>>> > >> > >>>>> Tools like an

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-16 Thread Stephen Connolly
On 16 July 2013 23:25, Barrie Treloar wrote: > On 17 July 2013 07:31, Arnaud Héritier wrote: > >> Can still keep trucking with a FreeStyle + Maven Build Step though (and > I > >> prefer that way anyway) > >> > >> > > > > Me too if we backport features from the crappy maven integration into the

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-16 Thread Barrie Treloar
On 17 July 2013 07:31, Arnaud Héritier wrote: >> Can still keep trucking with a FreeStyle + Maven Build Step though (and I >> prefer that way anyway) >> >> > > Me too if we backport features from the crappy maven integration into the > freestyle job (automatic dependencies, post build deployment

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-16 Thread Stephen Connolly
On 16 July 2013 23:01, Arnaud Héritier wrote: > > > > > > > Until Jenkins gets upgraded to 1.520+ at which point the (crappy in my > > personal view) Maven job type will be unable to run 1.5 > > > > > The crappy one which doesn't work with Maven 3.1.0 too (I tested it this > afternoon) > I'm su

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-16 Thread Arnaud Héritier
> > > > Until Jenkins gets upgraded to 1.520+ at which point the (crappy in my > personal view) Maven job type will be unable to run 1.5 > > The crappy one which doesn't work with Maven 3.1.0 too (I tested it this afternoon) > Can still keep trucking with a FreeStyle + Maven Build Step though (a

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-16 Thread Stephen Connolly
On 16 July 2013 21:52, Kristian Rosenvold wrote: > Look you chickens; until quite recently I kept a 1.3 JVM running on > windows to do the occasional > test of surefire on jdk 1.3. (I kept a vmware image since installing 1.3 > on linux required surrendering your first born to Sauron) All your > c

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-16 Thread Kristian Rosenvold
16. juli 2013 kl. 07:35 skrev Stephen Connolly : > - have we good test coverage with toolchains? No. Kristian - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-16 Thread Kristian Rosenvold
Look you chickens; until quite recently I kept a 1.3 JVM running on windows to do the occasional test of surefire on jdk 1.3. (I kept a vmware image since installing 1.3 on linux required surrendering your first born to Sauron) All your complaining about not being able to run 1.5 sounds like c

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-16 Thread Mirko Friedenhagen
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. >> > >&

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-16 Thread Arnaud Héritier
r 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 > > >>&g

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-16 Thread Fred Cooke
e: > >>>>> > >>>>>> 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 t

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-16 Thread Stéphane Nicoll
;> 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 >>>&g

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-16 Thread Arnaud Héritier
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. > > >>> > > >>> -- > > >>&

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-16 Thread Kristian Rosenvold
re is nothing from preventing Maven developers > from > >>> using the existing versions of JDK 5/6 to build and test Maven. > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Robert Patrick > >>> VP, FMW Architects Team: The A-Team > >>> Oracle Corporation

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-16 Thread Chris Graham
mez l'expéditeur. N'importe quelle diffusion non autorisée ou la > copie > > de ceci est interdite. Ce message sert à l'information seulement et > n'aura > > pas n'importe quel effet légalement obligatoire. Étant donné que les > email > > peuvent fac

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-16 Thread Stephen Connolly
on seulement et n'aura > pas n'importe quel effet légalement obligatoire. Étant donné que les email > peuvent facilement être sujets à la manipulation, nous ne pouvons accepter > aucune responsabilité pour le contenu fourni. > > > > Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 12:35:06 +0100 >

RE: Java version usage survey

2013-07-16 Thread Eric Barboni
and on win box. -Message d'origine- De : Lennart Jörelid [mailto:lennart.jore...@gmail.com] 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 >=

RE: Java version usage survey

2013-07-16 Thread Martin Gainty
s à la manipulation, nous ne pouvons accepter aucune responsabilité pour le contenu fourni. > Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 12:35:06 +0100 > Subject: Re: Java version usage survey > From: stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com > To: dev@maven.apache.org > > Speaking as a Maven Developer... >

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-16 Thread Chris Graham
> >>> -- > >>> Robert Patrick > >>> 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 762

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-16 Thread Lennart Jörelid
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Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-16 Thread Olivier Lamy
gt;> 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:stephen.alan

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-16 Thread Arnaud Héritier
ck, 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:stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-16 Thread Stephen Connolly
egory 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:stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, July 16,

RE: Java version usage survey

2013-07-16 Thread Robert Patrick
Version: http://www.amazon.com/ -Original Message- From: Stephen Connolly [mailto:stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com] 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/ques

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-16 Thread Stephen Connolly
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 contract

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-16 Thread Fred Cooke
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 an

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-16 Thread Chris Graham
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 wrote: > Good point. I updated the survey to tell it is the Oracle JDK EOL > Survey : > > https://docs.goog

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-15 Thread Arnaud Héritier
For all of those who asked to access to replies (I didn't see they were protected) I'll find a solution to share these results when the survey will be really started/published. On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 8:19 AM, Arnaud Héritier wrote: > Good point. I updated the survey to tell it is the Oracle JDK

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-15 Thread Arnaud Héritier
Good point. I updated the survey to tell it is the Oracle JDK EOL Survey : https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Jqxq2KgSricwS7YV7pmWvHA8m7_TE7c8JhusugPmGW4/viewform Replies : https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Jqxq2KgSricwS7YV7pmWvHA8m7_TE7c8JhusugPmGW4/viewanalytics On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 8:06 AM, Ch

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-15 Thread Stephen Connolly
As long as surefire can fork down to 1.5 and as long as tool chains can compile with 1.5, the only issue I can see is if the development environments where these older JVMs are running do not have newer JDKs available also. This is the same issue we face in the Jenkins project, were we are (consid

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-15 Thread Arnaud Héritier
+1 to ensure that we have a good solution (toolchains) to continue to keep a compatibility with old Java builds. Like always, upgrading the prerequisite of the core is less annoying than the one in plugins. Users can always keep an old core (and many of them will do it as far as new core versions a

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-15 Thread Chris Graham
On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 10:07 AM, Arnaud Héritier 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. -

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-15 Thread Stephen Connolly
Given that Oracle have stated they will be more aggressive in forcing people to upgrade, eg -target (and I think -source too) will not got all the way down to 1.2 any more from JDK8 IIRC, we will need to sort out a few things: - is toolchains the way to go? - have we good test coverage with toolc

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-15 Thread Mirko Friedenhagen
On Jul 16, 2013 2:08 AM, "Arnaud Héritier" wrote: > > Hi, > > Java 6 EOL was in feb and Maven and its plugins are always compatible > with Java 5 (And probably various plugins with Java 4). > Couldn't it be interesting to see which JDKs our users are using to see > how we can schedule the end

Re: Java version usage survey

2013-07-15 Thread Gary Gregory
On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 8:07 PM, Arnaud Héritier wrote: > Hi, > > Java 6 EOL was in feb and Maven and its plugins are always compatible > with Java 5 (And probably various plugins with Java 4). > Couldn't it be interesting to see which JDKs our users are using to see > how we can schedule the

Java version usage survey

2013-07-15 Thread Arnaud Héritier
Hi, Java 6 EOL was in feb and Maven and its plugins are always compatible with Java 5 (And probably various plugins with Java 4). Couldn't it be interesting to see which JDKs our users are using to see how we can schedule the end of support of Java 5 (and more). Perhaps a removal of Java 5 sup