+1 On 02/06/11 22:52, Andrea Aime wrote: > Hi, > first off, sorry for cross posting on GeoTools and GeoServer devel, > the topic is however > of interest of both communities. > > I'm wondering if times are finally mature to switch GeoTolols and > GeoServer trunk to JDK 1.6 as > the minimum requirement (just trunk though). > > The rationale being that J2EE 6 has been out a while, JDK 1.5 is end of life > and hard to grab, and JDK 7 is going to be released shortly (July I think). > > Not switching 2.1.x series to JDK 6 will give people stuck on JDK 1.5 some > 6-12 months more of support. > > Also, according to this, jdk 6 will reach its end of life next year > already, meaning > we will have only 1 year of that jdk in supported state before its end of life > (assuming we switch soon): > http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/eol-135779.html > > Opinions? > > Cheers > Andrea >
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