[Pljava-dev] Ongoing Development (funding): 8.4, Java 6 and beyond

Hi Johann,

> I also have questions: What PG releases do we (I?) need to support?
> Java 6 and the Postgres releases are two different coding projects
> (for the most part). What combinations do we want? Java 4 and 5 have
> already been EoLd, PG 7, 8.0 and 8.1 are on life support.
>
> Do we freeze 8.3 and below at Java 5 and below or is there need/want
> for Java 6 for the older Postgres releases?
>
> Here I'll point out that this is only relevant when compiling pljava,
> of course it will run on a later JVM.

Seeing as we clearly have very limited resources I'd vote for trimming
down support to as few combinations as possible. Certainly we shouldn't
worry about EoLd stuff. I'd vote for only supporting Java6 and current
PG versions.

> Installing 9 on my poor laptop just to try out pljava is something I'm
> not very inclined to do. At least not without a good reason (as in
> money).
>
> With an access to a 9 play server I'd be willing to give it a go next week.
>
> There is also the question of continued support. Java 7 will be with
> us soon enough. There are platforms to consider, 32 and 64 bits and
> so on. So far I've only tested this on a 32 bit Ubuntu.
> (Open)Solaris x64 is next on my list since I'm already familiar with
> the platform.
>
> Throwing out a release for 8.4 is useless if it only runs on 32 bit
> Ubuntu running on my personal laptop.

I get your point - although it would solve my problems! ;-)

Cheers

Peter