Hi,
I would like to discuss here, if we drop the support for Java 5 and Java
6 for AOO installation on Windows.
Important note for discussion: it is all about platform Windows.
On my work to update the AOO build environment for Windows I recognized
that it is hard to get an official JDK 1.5 (Java 5) or JDK 1.6 (Java 6)
for Windows. Thus, I decided to go with JDK 1.7. The resulting AOO
installation on Windows no longer works together with an JRE 6. It does
not recognize an installed JRE 6 as an valid Java runtime environment.
Thus, it comes into my mind to drop the support for Java 5 and Java 6
for Windows.
Some discussion already took place in the thread about my update on the
AOO build environment for Windows. Here are the original statements:
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From Oliver:
On a Windows system with JRE 6 the installation of my build does not
recognize installed JRE 6 as an Java runtime environment (Menu - Tools -
Option - Java). This is no problem from my point of view as our Windows
users should not have JRE 6 installed anymore on their systems due to
its security risks. Does somebody contradicts?
From Andrea:
As far as I know, this would be a significant limitation. We can now
build with Java 5, 6 or 7 and the build can work with Java 5, 6 or 7
(regardless of the version used for building). Restricting this would
require discussion, especially on less common platforms.
From Oliver:
I agree that it would be a restriction, but due to the security risks of
Oracle's JRE 6 I do not think that such a restriction hurts. In contrast
it would 'help' our Windows users to update their Java environment.
Thus, let us start a new thread to discuss this topic.
FromJürgen:
we should think how relevant it is and if we have more work to support
it. As Oliver pointed out, the latest security problems of Java result
in probably many updated systems. I don't see that Java 5 or 6 is
important in the future and we should focus on the future.
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My arguements for a drop of the Java 5 and Java 6 support on Windows are:
- JRE 5 is quite old and no longer officially available
- JRE 6 is no longer officially available
- JRE 6 has certain security risks and the corresponding tools on
Widnows are reporting to update to JRE 7
- Simplify our work as we do not need to test under Windows JRE 5 and JRE 6
I currently see no need to support JRE 5 or JRE 6 in our future releases
for Windows.
Let us discuss openly more Pros and Cons on this topic.
Best regards, Oliver.
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