For Pool, I'm not exactly sure why we need a Java 6 compatible implementation for the next minor version (2.5). We've had the EOL discussion before, and even Java 7 is at that point.
The only reason I'd look at updating DBCP to use Java 8 is to support JDBC 4.2 < https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/jdbc/jdbc_42.html>. I'm not sure if that would require a new major version (3.0) or if we'd just support it in 2.3 or 2.4. On 6 March 2017 at 03:15, Romain Manni-Bucau <rmannibu...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2017-03-06 10:06 GMT+01:00 Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org>: > > > On 05/03/17 18:21, Matt Sicker wrote: > > > I'm also thinking we might want to upgrade to Java 7 for pool 2.5 as > dbcp > > > 2.x has required it from the beginning. I'm not exactly sure if > anything > > > JDBC changed in Java 8 to warrant an upgrade to Java 8 for dbcp 2.3, > but > > > it's also worth mentioning if needed. > > > > Is there any reason - apart from the age of Java 6 - to make Java 7 the > > minimum for Pool? > > > > Tomcat 8 uses DBCP 2 and Pool 2 and - because it implements parts Java > > EE 7 specification, has to run on Java 7. An upgrade to Java 8 would be > > an annoyance but one the Tomcat project could work around if it had to. > > > > > Same for TomEE* (openejb part too which runs without tomcat) which would > mean for both projects to fork (repackage) pool and dbcp > > > > Mark > > > > > > > > On 5 March 2017 at 11:59, Pascal Schumacher <pascalschumac...@gmx.net> > > > wrote: > > > > > >> Great new. :) > > >> > > >> As far as I remember there were various request for DBCP 2.2 (and we > > would > > >> like to update to pool 2.4.3 at work). > > >> > > >> Thank you very much, > > >> Pascal > > >> > > >> Am 05.03.2017 um 18:30 schrieb Matt Sicker: > > >> > > >>> I've started a lazy vote to migrate Pool to Git. After that, I'd like > > to > > >>> take a whack at starting a release candidate for pool 2.4.3. After > > that, > > >>> we > > >>> can upgrade DBCP to pool 2.4.3 and do a release of DBCP to 2.2. > > >>> > > >>> > > >> > > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > > >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > > > > -- Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com>
