Re: [epp-dev] Requiring Java 7 for specific EPP packages

[Igor Fedorenko <igor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

FWIW, I am strongly in favour of requiring java 7 for all epp packages.

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Regards,
Igor

On 11/28/2013, 1:27, Markus Knauer wrote:
> 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
> <mailto: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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