Re: java 6 used in large companies?
Andreas Leitgeb wrote:
Arne VajhHj <arne@vajhoej.dk> wrote:
Roedy Green wrote:
On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:41:20 -0500, Arne VajhHj <arne@vajhoej.dk>
wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said :
That does not justify an upgrade to the bean counters.
I am not trying to justify an upgrade, just if you do one, you might
as well go to 6.
So you have tested WAS 6.1 on 6 so you will vouch for that combo and
have some statistics for that 6u4 has no more bugs than 5u14 ?
Or did you just flip a coin to decide on that recommendation ?
The context was, whether from 1.4 to jump to 1.5 or 6.
That was the original context.
And the >> is indeed about whether 1.4->6 is a possible/better than
1.4->5.
The >>>> was a response to:
#It is quite a painless upgrade from 5 to 6. It is not like the jump to
#5 where you had to generify everything to take advantage.
#
#I don't think I had to change anything. Just recompile. The same ant
#scripts worked unchanged.
which is about 5->6 !
It did become a mix of original posters problem and general
upgrade practice. Probably my fault because I get a bit upset
when people start with the "just upgrade to latest" philosophy.
Jumping to 1.5 means all the effort of testing, checking
for bugs that bite, that is now done for 1.5 will sooner
or later have to be re-done for 6. So if testing for
those bugs is, what puts the butter on your bread, then
for heaven's sake go to 1.5 now! :-D
Let the bean-counters pay you for their attitude.
No.
Nobody said that you can not skip versions.
Arne