Java 5 and ADS : is it still madatory ?

[Emmanuel Lecharny <el...@gmail.com>]

Hi guys,

Java 5 is EOL since november 2009. That means there is no update, and 
more important, no more security fixes, 8 years after the initial 
release ("Java for Business releases will be supported for up to eight 
years from initial release date" ).

In our case, Java 5 has been released on may 2004, so next year, we 
won't have anymore support for Java 5.

I'm wondering if we should keep going with the Java 5 compatiblity or 
decide now (I mean, before ADS 2.0) that we drop support for Java 5.

IMHO, I think we should move to Java 6 right away, and get ready to move 
to Java 7 soon.

Thoughts ?

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Regards,
Cordialement,
Emmanuel Lécharny
www.iktek.com

Re: Java 5 and ADS : is it still madatory ?

[Emmanuel Lecharny <el...@gmail.com>]

On 6/24/11 9:47 AM, Alex Karasulu wrote:
>>> IMHO, I think we should move to Java 6 right away, and get ready to move to
>>> Java 7 soon.
> I posted this idea several times and only now you're getting this
> bright idea :-). I should take more long breaks and wait until things
> come to pass. Hehe, it don't matter. Let's just move to 1.6 already.
> We've been jerking around fixing the 1.5 incompatibilities wasting our
> time. Then the builds etc etc. ... oh the hassle.

Yeah, sometime I'm a bit too conservative... Yes We Can !


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Regards,
Cordialement,
Emmanuel Lécharny
www.iktek.com

Re: Java 5 and ADS : is it still madatory ?

[Alex Karasulu <ak...@apache.org>]

>> IMHO, I think we should move to Java 6 right away, and get ready to move to
>> Java 7 soon.

I posted this idea several times and only now you're getting this
bright idea :-). I should take more long breaks and wait until things
come to pass. Hehe, it don't matter. Let's just move to 1.6 already.
We've been jerking around fixing the 1.5 incompatibilities wasting our
time. Then the builds etc etc. ... oh the hassle.

Cheers,
Alex

Re: Java 5 and ADS : is it still madatory ?

[Kiran Ayyagari <ka...@apache.org>]

On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 12:30 PM, Emmanuel Lecharny <el...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> Java 5 is EOL since november 2009. That means there is no update, and more
> important, no more security fixes, 8 years after the initial release ("Java
> for Business releases will be supported for up to eight years from initial
> release date" ).
>
> In our case, Java 5 has been released on may 2004, so next year, we won't
> have anymore support for Java 5.
>
> I'm wondering if we should keep going with the Java 5 compatiblity or decide
> now (I mean, before ADS 2.0) that we drop support for Java 5.
>
> IMHO, I think we should move to Java 6 right away, and get ready to move to
> Java 7 soon.
>
> Thoughts ?
>
+1 (many business apps have started using 1.6 cause of EOL issue)


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Kiran Ayyagari