perfsonar development work

[Jason Zurawski <>]

Hi Maciej;

> Two years ago we started using Java 1.5.
> Isn't it the high time to switch to Java 1.6?

Ok, I will be the first one to fan the flames :)

Is there any particular reason for switching to 1.5 over 1.6 (a new
feature, performance improvements?), conversely what bad things will
happen if some feature used in 1.5 is not supported in 1.6.  I seem to
recall some issues when the last jump between 1.4 and 1.5 was enacted.

Switching versions may cause headaches depending on where you are trying
to install as well (RHEL comes to mind, I know I am able to find builds
of most java versions for Ubuntu however).

-jason