On 02/11/2013 05:43 PM, Kay Schenk wrote:
On 02/11/2013 02:19 PM, Fred Ollinger wrote:
OK, I won't build with java6 anymore then.
Fred
More than likely no need unless certain sites/people refuse to update
to java 1.7. I really can't imagine who that would be at this point.
On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 12:30 PM, Fernando Cassia <fcas...@gmail.com>
wrote:
On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 3:13 PM, Fred Ollinger <folli...@gmail.com>
wrote:
Haha, I don't know. I could be wrong.
OpenJDK 7 is the current version, OpenJDK 8 is coming along nicely.
OpenJDK 6 is the past. Yes, there' s been some RedHat volunteers saying
they' ll keep releasing OpenJDK 6 updates and security fixes, but
from a
developers' perspective it' s as unattractive as some .Net
developer still
using the Net 1.0 APIs... or a Java developer still using JDK 1.4
for that
matter.
Ubuntu: OpenJDK 7
http://packages.ubuntu.com/oneiric/openjdk-7-jdk
Fedora 18: OpenJDK 7
http://pkgs.org/download/java-1.7.0-openjdk
SUSE: OpenJDK 7
http://software.opensuse.org/package/java-1_7_0-openjdk
Debian: OpenJDK 7
http://packages.debian.org/sid/openjdk-7-jre
ArchLinux: OpenJDK 7
https://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/jre7-openjdk/
So, again: "we should also respect that many distros are probably
going to
ship java 6 for a while." = SciFi ?
FC
--
During times of Universal Deceit, telling the truth becomes a
revolutionary
act
Durante épocas de Engaño Universal, decir la verdad se convierte en
un Acto
Revolucionario
- George Orwell
Using a newer JDK is fine, just need to make sure the target version is
correct. I am not sure what version is the minimum, I would guess 1.5.
Need to be careful not to use features that is not supported by the
minimum version. Let's not limit to just Linux distros. There is
probably a good portion of users on Windows and not everybody is on top
of their updates.
Michael
