fyi, since I also can see subclipse usage data I can report here it to:
1.8.0 108 0.04%
1.4.2 333 0.12%
1.5.0 19577 7.33%
1.7.0 60316 22.60%
1.6.0 186604 69.91%
Grand Total 266938
Note: please take this sample with a gran of salt since I can't quality check
these numbers from subclipse - but it is the same period (last 5 days) as jboss
tools numbers posted before.
My guess is the numbers here for JAva 6 is so high because svn is used *alot*
and in especially "old shops".
----- Original Message -----
> Hey Igor,
>
> I completely understand the reasoning for moving, but I hate to be the one
> break the news but users are not by far having adopting Java 7 as their
> preferred
> runtime.
>
> I've kept eye on this for the last ~2+ years via the JBoss Tools usage
> collection and
> even though Java 7 is definitely rising it is moving much slower than I think
> most
> developers think.
>
> The current stats from JBoss Tools last few days usage collection shows the
> following:
>
> 1.8.0 55 0.16%
> #N/A 177 0.52%
> 1.5.0 363 1.06%
> 1.7.0 14116 41.08%
> 1.6.0 19648 57.18%
> Grand Total 34359
>
> Thus Java 6 is still the most dominant Java used to *run* eclipse with (at
> least in JBoss Tools land :)
>
> Note, a few months ago Java 7 was just a 20% so it is growing - but I don't
> expect Java 7 to be *really* dominant (>80% as Java 6 was for the last 2+
> years) before next year.
>
> Thats the time where one could consider moving things like Eclipse IDE and
> m2e to start requiring Java 7 for core technologies like m2e.
>
> Take this is as a friendly data-backed Please Don't exclude 50% of our users
> from being able to use Maven!
>
> /max
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> > I'd like to propose moving m2e to require java7 execution environment
> > after Kepler SR0 is out. I am getting really addicted to
> > try-with-resources syntax [1], and with java6 past it's eol [2] already,
> > I see little/no reasons to stick with this version any longer.
> >
> > Does anyone have a good reasons to stay with java 6 past this coming
> > June? ("my IT department is too retarded to allow java7" is probably not
> > a good reason).
> >
> > [1]
> > http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/essential/exceptions/tryResourceClose.html
> > [2] http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/eol-135779.html
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> > Igor
> > _______________________________________________
> > m2e-users mailing list
> > m2e-users@eclipse.org
> > https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/m2e-users
> >
>
> --
> /max
--
/max
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