Thermoptim moves to Java 2

New versions of Thermoptim are being prepared.

They are distinguished by a change of Java Runtime Environment. Previous versions of Thermoptim (1.3 to 1.7 were using the old Java libraries (JRE or JDK 1.1.8) while the new (2.5 to 2.7) using theJava 2 libraries (JRE or JDK 1.3 to 1.6).

The change in Java environment is indeed a necessity because the old libraries are no longer maintained and are not available for all operating systems. For example, the Mac OS X does not provide them.

The development of the new versions, which we call Thermoptim 2 to distinguish them from the previous ones, is well advanced, but since they have not yet been systematically tested, their reliability is not as good as the former. They are distributed as test versions.

Until about the end of 2012, be cautious when you download resources such as external class files: check that they correspond to the version of Thermoptim you use.