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

[Cristiano Gavião <cvgaviao@xxxxxxxxx>]

I totally agree with the change to Java7. just because when using Java7 
you can still produce binaries to the target system in Java6 (if were 
required).

People that don't want to change and use new features that only can be 
provided by new Java version should stay with the old version. The same 
will happen for teams that would like to use new Jetty 9 and its news 
features.

Most people that I know and use Mac is moving to Java7 due the security 
issues reported with Java6. Btw, Mountain Lion didn't come with Java and 
to install one you should use Java 7.

On 30/05/13 07:00, Martin Lippert wrote:
> Hey!
>
> Thanks, Max, for the heads-up here.
>
> Yes, I can confirm very similar numbers from both the Spring Tool 
> Suite and the Groovy/Grails Tool Suite. We have about 55% running on 
> Java6. This number is even a bit higher on Mac (about 60%).
>
> I also share the motivation for moving to Java7, but it would cut off 
> something between 50% and 60% of our users (roughly speaking). So 
> please don't exclude them from new m2e versions that soon...!!! :-)
>
> Thanks!!!
> -Martin
>
>
>
> On 30.05.13 11:51, Max Rydahl Andersen wrote:
> > I've pinged Martin Lippert from STS who confirmed similar numbers but 
> > he'll follow on this thread with the exact numbers.
> >
> > ----- 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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