On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 1:42 PM, Kohsuke Kawaguchi <kkawagu...@cloudbees.com> wrote: > > Yes, slaves are important. > > When the Jenkins core bumps up to require Java6, all the slaves will need to > run Java6. > > You can still launch builds that builds with Java5 (just like you can today > launch a build that builds with Java 1.4), but the slave JVM will have to be > Java6. > > So folks, think about all the exotic slaves you may have (BSD, SunOS, IRIX, > HP-UX, AIX, ...) and think if Java6 is available readily on them. Do you > keep any ancient versions of those platforms for testing purpose? Do your > ancient versions have Java6? > > So far we are seeing wide support from developers to bump up to 1.6. So you > better raise your voice if you have a problem... >
+1 for Java6 -- Mehul N. Sanghvi email: mehul.sang...@gmail.com
