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Re: [epp-dev] Requiring Java 7 for specific EPP packages
Yep, I think something like this (hint on the web page) could be done - in that case we need to ask webmasters to do it, but since we are at it... If we decide to go this path

- we should set the minimum JRE in the affected packages to Java 7 to prevent users with a lower JRE version from running these packages (and give them a helpful warning that they need to upgrade instead of silently disabling some of he bundles); currently we require 1.6 in all packages

- we should discuss if an additional "warning" or information on the web page is the right message to our users;

- and finally, we should consider requiring Java 7 in all packages. I know there's always the old discussion why we should require a higher version in the packages if we are 'quite sure' that it could be run on a lower version of Java, but according to the Oracle roadmap [1] there won't be updates when we release Luna. What do others think? Should we require Java 7 in all packages as a minimum Java version?

[1] http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/eol-135779.html

Thanks,
Markus

On 26 November 2013 22:24, Marc-André Laperle <marc-andre.laperle@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi,

I'm not sure this is the right place to start this discussion but both
the CDT and Linux Tools projects have been considering switching to Java
7. However, the Eclipse Downloads page contains the Hint "You will need
a Java runtime environment (JRE) to use Eclipse (Java SE 6 or greater is
recommended)". So my question is, would it be possible to have a similar
message per package instead so that packages like the "C/C++ Development
Tools" package can instruct users to install Java 7? I remember seeing
an additional page when downloading the Mac versions of Eclipse that
specified which JRE to use. Perhaps something like that could be reused?

Thank you,
Marc-Andre Laperle
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