| So when will Eclipse be totally Java 1.6??? [message #248582] |
Wed, 10 October 2007 14:27  |
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Originally posted by: kwarner.uneedspeed.net
Hi,
I'm running Eclipse 3.2 on Java 1.5.
I'm looking forward to the time when Eclipse
will ship with 1.6. Or maybe it does already.
What is the timeline for Eclipse and 1.6?
DemonDuck
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| Re: So when will Eclipse be totally Java 1.6??? [message #248613 is a reply to message #248598] |
Wed, 10 October 2007 16:37  |
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Originally posted by: wharley.bea.com
"DemonDuck" <kwarner@uneedspeed.net> wrote in message
news:fej7dj$og3$1@build.eclipse.org...
> I'm sort of asking the question you answered.
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> I'm looking for an optimum time to upgrade from Eclipse 3.2.2 to 3.x and
> from Java 1.5 to Java 1.6. Upgrading and installing Eclipse is not a
> trivial matter and I want to do it at a time when both Eclipse and Java
> 1.6 is stable and completely compatible with each other.
No release of Java or Eclipse will ever be completely bug-free. But Java
1.6 is into update 5 by now, and could be considered reasonably stable.
Eclipse 3.3.1 has been released, which contains many bug fixes over prior
versions as well as doubtless some new bugs, that being the nature of
software development.
There is no particular reason why you should update both Eclipse and Java at
the same time. They're completely separate issues. Indeed, I'd suggest
updating separately, so that if you do encounter problems you can figure out
what caused them.
There is discussion of supported operating environments at
http://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/development/eclipse_project_p lan_3_3.html#TargetOperatingEnvironments
or http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/moreinfo/jre.php. Java 1.6 is probably
something that will be explicitly added only when enough people within the
Eclipse committer base switch to it that we feel like we can make meaningful
claims. But at this point, we're close to that, in my personal opinion. As
Eric said, many people are using Eclipse 3.3.1 (or 3.4) on Java 1.6 in their
daily work. I'm one of them and I have not encountered any issues
whatsoever. I don't do J2EE development, though.
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| Re: So when will Eclipse be totally Java 1.6??? [message #248636 is a reply to message #248613] |
Wed, 10 October 2007 19:46 |
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Originally posted by: kwarner.uneedspeed.net
Walter Harley wrote:
> No release of Java or Eclipse will ever be completely bug-free.
I never intended to demand this. I've been doing this stuff too long to expect a fantasy.
But Java
> 1.6 is into update 5 by now, and could be considered reasonably stable.
> Eclipse 3.3.1 has been released, which contains many bug fixes over prior
> versions as well as doubtless some new bugs, that being the nature of
> software development.
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> There is no particular reason why you should update both Eclipse and Java at
> the same time. They're completely separate issues. Indeed, I'd suggest
> updating separately, so that if you do encounter problems you can figure out
> what caused them.
>
> There is discussion of supported operating environments at
> http://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/development/eclipse_project_p lan_3_3.html#TargetOperatingEnvironments
> or http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/moreinfo/jre.php.
Yeah, this is what I mean. When everybody else does it -- then I want to be one of the last. I'm sort of the last penquin off the ice flow kind of guy.
Java 1.6 is probably
> something that will be explicitly added only when enough people within the
> Eclipse committer base switch to it that we feel like we can make meaningful
> claims. But at this point, we're close to that, in my personal opinion. As
> Eric said, many people are using Eclipse 3.3.1 (or 3.4) on Java 1.6 in their
> daily work. I'm one of them and I have not encountered any issues
> whatsoever.
Me neither...
I don't do J2EE development, though.
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