+1, and I strongly agree with Alfred. Cocoon 2.1 is a good stable platform, but doesn't encourage new participation, partly I suspect, because many people and businesses run Java 8 or 7 (as you know, you get all kinds of build errors when trying to build cocoon using those Java versions).
If we can upgrade the code, classes and supporting jars, I'd recommend Java version 7 or 8. As an example, the very successful Apache Solr search uses Java 8! "You will need the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 1.8 or higher." https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/solr/Installing+Solr Dan On 10/7/16, Nathaniel, Alfred <alfred.nathan...@six-group.com> wrote: > +1 but I would go straight to 6, 7, or even 8. > Past experience is that it is a real nuisance trying to support an ancient > JDK no developer is actually using anymore. > > Cheers, Alfred. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Francesco Chicchiriccò [mailto:ilgro...@apache.org] > Sent: Freitag, 7. Oktober 2016 11:46 > To: dev@cocoon.apache.org > Subject: [DISCUSS] Set minimum JDK version to 1.5 for Cocoon 2.1 > > Hi all, > as recently noticed during the (unfortunately rejected) patch for > COCOON-2354 [1], it might make sense to upgrade the current minimum JDK > requirement for Cocoon 2.1 from 1.4 to 1.5, mainly to ease some upgrades > and help Cocoon 2.1 living in the modern world. > > Besides 3rd part library updates, some work could be needed to upgrade > our Java code, so help would be appreciated.
