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

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@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/m2e-users
> > 
> 
> --
> /max

-- 
/max


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