Re: Minimum Java runtime version for proposed upcoming Ivy release

2017-05-18 Thread J Pai
> I would favour 1.7 as it's the newest before the major update to Java8. >> Having a 1.7 in the target environment should not been so restrictive ... >> >> Jan >> >>> -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- >>> Von: Paul King [mailto:pa...@asert.com.au] &

Re: Minimum Java runtime version for proposed upcoming Ivy release

2017-05-18 Thread Gintautas Grigelionis
Gradle does have an Ivy plugin which wraps Ivy 2.2.0 2017-05-18 11:26 GMT+02:00 Paul King : > The current version of Groovy has 1.6 as the minimum but is our maintenance > stream. > The upcoming next version will require 1.7 and versions with 1.8 as the > minimum are not too

Re: Minimum Java runtime version for proposed upcoming Ivy release

2017-05-18 Thread Gintautas Grigelionis
> > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 18. Mai 2017 11:27 > > > An: Ant Developers List > > > Betreff: Re: Minimum Java runtime version for proposed upcoming Ivy > > > release > > > > > > The current version of Groovy has 1.6 as the minimum but is our >

Re: Minimum Java runtime version for proposed upcoming Ivy release

2017-05-18 Thread Matt Sicker
7 11:27 > > An: Ant Developers List > > Betreff: Re: Minimum Java runtime version for proposed upcoming Ivy > > release > > > > The current version of Groovy has 1.6 as the minimum but is our > > maintenance stream. > > The upcoming next version will require

Re: Minimum Java runtime version for proposed upcoming Ivy release

2017-05-18 Thread J Pai
n: Paul King [mailto:pa...@asert.com.au] > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 18. Mai 2017 11:27 > An: Ant Developers List > Betreff: Re: Minimum Java runtime version for proposed upcoming Ivy > release > > The current version of Groovy has 1.6 as the minimum but is our > maintenance st

AW: Minimum Java runtime version for proposed upcoming Ivy release

2017-05-18 Thread jhm
t Developers List > Betreff: Re: Minimum Java runtime version for proposed upcoming Ivy > release > > The current version of Groovy has 1.6 as the minimum but is our > maintenance stream. > The upcoming next version will require 1.7 and versions with 1.8 as the > minimum are

Re: Minimum Java runtime version for proposed upcoming Ivy release

2017-05-18 Thread Paul King
The current version of Groovy has 1.6 as the minimum but is our maintenance stream. The upcoming next version will require 1.7 and versions with 1.8 as the minimum are not too far away. Ant 1.9.x is still on Java5 but Ant 1.10.x requires Java 8. I don't think Gradle uses any Ivy classes any

Re: Minimum Java runtime version for proposed upcoming Ivy release

2017-05-18 Thread Nicolas Lalevée
I think that upgrading the requirement on the JDK is a good idea, because at least us, the maintainers, need at some point to be able to test it if there is an issue with that minimum JDK. One thing to consider is which JDK is being required in the environment Ivy is being used: Ant, Gradle,

Minimum Java runtime version for proposed upcoming Ivy release

2017-05-18 Thread J Pai
Now that the plan seems to be to release 2.5.x of Ivy, would it be fine if we mandate the _minimum_ Java runtime version to be something higher than Java 5 that’s currently supported for 2.4.x http://ant.apache.org/ivy/history/latest-milestone/compatibility.html. Given that Java 6 itself has