[josm-dev] Java 1.5 versus 1.6

[Henry Loenwind]

On 13.02.2010 14:24, Dirk Stöcker wrote:

> I would not care about that any more. Java 1.5 support will be dropped
> with next release and we have<  4% Java 5 users (actually I only see
> "page impressions", not "users"). Suggestion for these is to update.

Update like in "buy a new pc"? Yeah, people will just love you ;)

Java 1.6 still is not available for all platforms that run 1.5. And it 
seems that won't change---so with going to 1.6 you'd lock out all Mac 
users but those with a 64-bit Intel processor. In my opinion its still 
too early to lock out all those 32bit Intel processor (e.g. Core Duo) 
users without any real reason.


BTW, those with a 64bit Mac and OSX 10.5 will need some advice on how to 
use Java 1.6. Point them to:

http://superuser.com/questions/100078/java-1-6-on-mac-os-x-10-5

cu
Henry