java 6

Contact:

Andrea Aime

Tracker:

http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/GEOT-3654

Tagline:

I can haz 6?

• Description
• Status
• Tasks
  • Java 5 Volunteers
• Community Feedback

Children:

Description {#Java6-Description}

Java 5 has gone past it's used by date and is no longer easily available for the developer
community to work with. While we have had a large portion of our user community "stuck" with Java 5 in the past (in order to maintain enterprise edition applications) it is now time to move on.

This proposal is for:

• updating trunk to use Java 6 immediately
• make the life of trunk short (6 months at most)

This combination allows us to check out Java 6 issues early; while reducing the length of time we must back port bug fixes. Note this overhead is greater than normal due to the requirement to have two separate environments.

Status {#Java6-Status}

Voting is underway:

• Andrea Aime: +1
• Ben Caradoc-Davies: +1
• Christian Mueller: +1
• Ian Turton +1
• Justin Deoliveira: +1
• Jody Garnett +1
• Simone Giannecchini +0

Tasks {#Java6-Tasks}

 

no progress

done

impeded

lack mandate/funds/time

volunteer needed

1. aa: check build in Java 6 an apply eventual patches

   • Update pom to indicate 1.6 as a compiler setting
   • Exemplars used for image comparison tests will have to be updated
   • the tests were also modified to allow for differences in font metrics

2. jd: Update hudson configuration

   • commit change to pom.xml

3. Update developers guide build instructions

   • mcr: http://docs.geotools.org/latest/developer/guide/building/java.html
   • mcr: http://docs.geotools.org/latest/developer/guide/building/install/install.html
   • mcr: http://docs.geotools.org/latest/developer/guide/building/install/jdk.html
   • jg: check the instructions (setting up a fresh machine)

4. Update user guide

   • Quickstart tutorial already advises use of latest JDK

Java 5 Volunteers {#Java6-Java5Volunteers}

The GeoTools 2.7 has the option to grow into a "long term" support target (as was the case with GeoTools 2.2).

This is of course dependent on downstream projects continuing to require Java 5 support for their customers; and in turn receiving funding to make additional stable releases.

If this has happened to your project please join the development list and volunteer;
to make an additional release. The release process is well documented and we can help set you up with credentials for both maven and source forge.

Community Feedback {#Java6-CommunityFeedback}

Developer Community feedback:

• GeoTools:
  • http://www.micropoll.com/a/MicroPollData?id=423595&mode=html
    
• GeoServer
  • http://www.micropoll.com/a/MicroPollData?id=423614&mode=html
    
• GeoMajas:
  • no feedback
• 52 North:
  • no feedback