Re: [epp-dev] Requiring Java 7 for specific EPP packages

[Aleksandar Kurtakov <akurtako@xxxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Markus Knauer" <mknauer23@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Eclipse Packaging Project" <epp-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2013 8:27:31 AM
> Subject: Re: [epp-dev] Requiring Java 7 for specific EPP packages
> 
> Yep, I think something like this (hint on the web page) could be done - in
> that case we need to ask webmasters to do it, but since we are at it... If
> we decide to go this path
> 
> - we should set the minimum JRE in the affected packages to Java 7 to prevent
> users with a lower JRE version from running these packages (and give them a
> helpful warning that they need to upgrade instead of silently disabling some
> of he bundles); currently we require 1.6 in all packages
> 
> - we should discuss if an additional "warning" or information on the web page
> is the right message to our users;
> 
> - and finally, we should consider requiring Java 7 in all packages . I know
> there's always the old discussion why we should require a higher version in
> the packages if we are 'quite sure' that it could be run on a lower version
> of Java, but according to the Oracle roadmap [1] there won't be updates when
> we release Luna. What do others think? Should we require Java 7 in all
> packages as a minimum Java version?

I'm all for Java 7 as a requirement for EPP packages. 

Alexander Kurtakov
Red Hat Eclipse team

> 
> [1] http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/eol-135779.html
> 
> Thanks,
> Markus
> 
> On 26 November 2013 22:24, Marc-André Laperle <
> marc-andre.laperle@xxxxxxxxxxxx > wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm not sure this is the right place to start this discussion but both
> the CDT and Linux Tools projects have been considering switching to Java
> 7. However, the Eclipse Downloads page contains the Hint "You will need
> a Java runtime environment (JRE) to use Eclipse (Java SE 6 or greater is
> recommended)". So my question is, would it be possible to have a similar
> message per package instead so that packages like the "C/C++ Development
> Tools" package can instruct users to install Java 7? I remember seeing
> an additional page when downloading the Mac versions of Eclipse that
> specified which JRE to use. Perhaps something like that could be reused?
> 
> Thank you,
> Marc-Andre Laperle
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