GEP build to prereq JDK 1.6

[Tim McConnell <ti...@gmail.com>]

Hi, We are attempting to respond to as many end-user requests as possible for 
this upcoming 2.1.2 GEP release, and one of those requests is for Java 1.6 
support. In order to make this happen I would like to make Java 1.6 JDK a 
prerequisite for building the GEP 2.1.2. This is a build-time prerequisite only 
-- it will support both 1.5. and 1.6 runtime environments. Does anyone have any 
major objections to this ??

-- 
Thanks,
Tim McConnell

Re: GEP build to prereq JDK 1.6

[Ted Kirby <te...@gmail.com>]

I think being able to deliver Java 6 support to our users in GEP 212
would be very good.  I would vote for that over building with Java 5.

Ted

On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 8:26 AM, Donald Woods <dw...@apache.org> wrote:
> I would rather stay with Java 5 for the GEP 2.1.x releases and wait until
> GEP 2.2.x for building with Java 6.
>
> -Donald
>
>
> Tim McConnell wrote:
>>
>> Hi, We are attempting to respond to as many end-user requests as possible
>> for this upcoming 2.1.2 GEP release, and one of those requests is for Java
>> 1.6 support. In order to make this happen I would like to make Java 1.6 JDK
>> a prerequisite for building the GEP 2.1.2. This is a build-time prerequisite
>> only -- it will support both 1.5. and 1.6 runtime environments. Does anyone
>> have any major objections to this ??
>>
>

Re: GEP build to prereq JDK 1.6

[Kevan Miller <ke...@gmail.com>]

On Aug 13, 2008, at 1:10 PM, Donald Woods wrote:

> I just don't see why yet that we need to require Java 6 to build  
> GEP, especially given the patch provided by Yun Feng this morning in  
> GD-468....

That's helpful information. ;-) As long as Java 6 runtime works and  
GEP folks are happy with the solution, then fine by me...

--kevan

Re: GEP build to prereq JDK 1.6

[Donald Woods <dw...@apache.org>]

I just don't see why yet that we need to require Java 6 to build GEP, 
especially given the patch provided by Yun Feng this morning in GD-468....



-Donald


Kevan Miller wrote:
> 
> On Aug 13, 2008, at 8:26 AM, Donald Woods wrote:
> 
>> I would rather stay with Java 5 for the GEP 2.1.x releases and wait 
>> until GEP 2.2.x for building with Java 6.
>>
>> -Donald
>>
>>
>> Tim McConnell wrote:
>>> Hi, We are attempting to respond to as many end-user requests as 
>>> possible for this upcoming 2.1.2 GEP release, and one of those 
>>> requests is for Java 1.6 support. In order to make this happen I 
>>> would like to make Java 1.6 JDK a prerequisite for building the GEP 
>>> 2.1.2. This is a build-time prerequisite only -- it will support both 
>>> 1.5. and 1.6 runtime environments. Does anyone have any major 
>>> objections to this ??
> 
> I understand general concerns for Java 6 on Mac OS X. Has anybody tried 
> building GEP using Java 6 on Mac OS X?
> 
> Donald, care to elaborate on what your concerns are?
> 
> We've had a lot of users who've had startup issues due to running with 
> Java 6. Seems like a good idea to address them.
> 
> --kevan
> 

Re: GEP build to prereq JDK 1.6

[Kevan Miller <ke...@gmail.com>]

On Aug 13, 2008, at 8:26 AM, Donald Woods wrote:

> I would rather stay with Java 5 for the GEP 2.1.x releases and wait  
> until GEP 2.2.x for building with Java 6.
>
> -Donald
>
>
> Tim McConnell wrote:
>> Hi, We are attempting to respond to as many end-user requests as  
>> possible for this upcoming 2.1.2 GEP release, and one of those  
>> requests is for Java 1.6 support. In order to make this happen I  
>> would like to make Java 1.6 JDK a prerequisite for building the GEP  
>> 2.1.2. This is a build-time prerequisite only -- it will support  
>> both 1.5. and 1.6 runtime environments. Does anyone have any major  
>> objections to this ??

I understand general concerns for Java 6 on Mac OS X. Has anybody  
tried building GEP using Java 6 on Mac OS X?

Donald, care to elaborate on what your concerns are?

We've had a lot of users who've had startup issues due to running with  
Java 6. Seems like a good idea to address them.

--kevan

Re: GEP build to prereq JDK 1.6

[Donald Woods <dw...@apache.org>]

I would rather stay with Java 5 for the GEP 2.1.x releases and wait 
until GEP 2.2.x for building with Java 6.

-Donald


Tim McConnell wrote:
> Hi, We are attempting to respond to as many end-user requests as 
> possible for this upcoming 2.1.2 GEP release, and one of those requests 
> is for Java 1.6 support. In order to make this happen I would like to 
> make Java 1.6 JDK a prerequisite for building the GEP 2.1.2. This is a 
> build-time prerequisite only -- it will support both 1.5. and 1.6 
> runtime environments. Does anyone have any major objections to this ??
> 

Re: GEP build to prereq JDK 1.6

[Jason Dillon <ja...@planet57.com>]

JDK 1.6 still sucks ass on Mac OSX, so I would prefer to leave it at  
1.5.

--jason


On Aug 13, 2008, at 9:45 AM, Tim McConnell wrote:

> Hi, We are attempting to respond to as many end-user requests as  
> possible for this upcoming 2.1.2 GEP release, and one of those  
> requests is for Java 1.6 support. In order to make this happen I  
> would like to make Java 1.6 JDK a prerequisite for building the GEP  
> 2.1.2. This is a build-time prerequisite only -- it will support  
> both 1.5. and 1.6 runtime environments. Does anyone have any major  
> objections to this ??
>
> -- 
> Thanks,
> Tim McConnell