Re: [m2e-dev] [m2e-users] moving m2e to java7 past kepler sr0

[Max Rydahl Andersen <max.andersen@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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
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/max