[OSM-dev] Osmosis Command Line Improvements

[Denver Gingerich]

A Java 6 JDK was announced on Slashdot yesterday
(http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/27/1547212).  It can
be downloaded at http://landonf.bikemonkey.org/static/soylatte/#get.

This particular JDK is OpenJDK, which has recently been ported to OS
X.  The current version is a "preview release", but it looks pretty
functional based on the web site.  I don't have any personal
experience with it, but it would be worth a shot for all you Mac
users.

Denver


On Nov 28, 2007 11:19 AM, David Earl <david at frankieandshadow.com> wrote:
> Oh dear, I've just hit the lack of Mac OS Java 1.6 problem as well.
> Means I'll have to process diffs myself as I can't use Osmosis.
>
> Noise factor +1 !
>
> David
>
>
>
>
> On 27/11/2007 01:16, Shaun McDonald wrote:
> >
> > On 27 Nov 2007, at 00:15, Brett Henderson wrote:
> >
> >> Shaun McDonald wrote:
> >>> Please remember that Apple hasn't released JDK1.6 for Mac OS X 10.5
> >>> Leopard yet.
> >>> [..]
> >>>
> >>> Shaun
> >> Then don't use an alternative proprietary OS ;-)  Why don't they support
> >> it, it's hardly new?  Is it far away?
> >
> > Apple release a developer preview for Tiger. However it won't install on
> > Leopard.
> > Apple has refused to comment. From what I've heard they are changing
> > from many years ago saying how great Java is, to downplaying Java now. I
> > think they want everyone using Cocoa.
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> Sorry, that wasn't helpful :-)
> >>
> >> Osmosis has required 1.6 for a while now and so far everybody has been
> >> able to download the appropriate JDK1.6 from Sun.  Presumably that's not
> >> an option on OS X.  It should be possible to run on 1.5 if you delete
> >> the polygon task and factory, update the TaskRegistrar class to remove
> >> the reference to it and recompile.  I haven't tested this for a while so
> >> I can't guarantee that no other JDK1.6'isms haven't slipped in.  I can
> >> provide assistance if required.  I'm extremely hesitant to maintain two
> >> versions of osmosis to support a very limited audience but may be
> >> persuaded if enough noise is made.
> >
> > I currently don't need to use Osmosis, though I do know there are quite
> > a few mac users in the OSM community (or have they all installed Debian
> > or Ubuntu or similar to replace OS X?).
> >
> > If noise hasn't been made yet, I'll presume that the mac users either
> > don't need Osmosis, or they are using an alternative platform instead of
> > Leopard.
> >
> >
> > Shaun
> >
> >
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