[kepler-dev] java 1.6 for kepler 2.0?

[Christopher Brooks]

Hi Chad,
For Ptolemy, there is the Eclipse/Mac OS X problem documented in
http://chess.eecs.berkeley.edu/ptexternal/wiki/Main/Mac#Eclipse1_6

I can take a look at this sometime soonish.

Another issue is that last I looked, Java 1.6 applets will not work
under Mac OS X 10.5.  This is probably not a big issue with Kepler,
but it is an issue with Ptolemy as Edward and I are using 10.5.

In the near term, Ptolemy will likely remain at Java 1.5.  We
are fairly close to a code freeze, so requiring Java 1.6 seems
slightly risky.

If we require 1.6, then someone, somewhere will likely be left out
and complain.

I do see the value of requiring Java 1.5, but waiting might be prudent.

_Christopher


Chad Berkley wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm becoming increasingly convinced that we just need to bite the bullet 
> and require java 1.6 for Kepler 2.0.  Mac OSX just pushed 1.6 in the 
> latest update.  I'm not sure how many of the older macs are still out 
> there that can't run 1.6, but it's becoming increasingly hard to only 
> compile kepler components with a pre 1.5 compiler.
> 
> What do others think?  Do we have any recent download stats on how many 
> people are downloading kepler with older macs?
> 
> chad
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