Correct, as has been forecasted for Akka itself in December 2014 – https://www.typesafe.com/blog/akka-roadmap-update-dec-2014 and is the case for Akka 2.4.x currently – we require JDK8 moving forward.
The 2.0.x series of Akka Streams and HTTP is the last one available for pre-JDK8. We did both usage surveys as well as heads-up notifications about stopping to support the (not supported by Oracle anyway) JDK6 and JDK7 builds. The Open Source builds of Akka must move fast, and that requires us to move on and require JDK8. Also, it really includes loads of critical TLS and security improvements – I would not recommend not using JDK8 nowadays. Having that said, the 2.0 release also allows us to have it as a basis for customer releases in case they ask for JDK6 builds. We can provide that, however that's a commercial offering – please understand that it takes much time to backport features such that they can be used in JDK6. If you're in need of JDK6 or JDK7 support, shoot me an email and I'll connect you with the right person to talk to. I hope this explains things well! -- Cheers, Konrad 'ktoso’ Malawski Akka @ Typesafe On 22 December 2015 at 01:36:34, Konstantin Shaposhnikov ([email protected]) wrote: While there are still many tickets open for future enhancement we consider Streams & HTTP 2.0 to be ready for general consumption. This release still bears the “experimental” marker due to upcoming changes on the Java side (more on that below), but after Christmas we will start with moving these modules onto the Akka master branch followed by a 2.4.x release by the end of January. Moving to 2.4.x means that we will also have access to all nice Java 8 library features like CompletionStage, Optional, Stream and built-in functional interfaces. In order to offer an up-to-date Java experience we will change the API one last time, hence the remaining “experimental” designation in version 2.0. Does it mean that future versions of Akka Stream and HTTP will not work with Akka 2.3.x and/or Java 7? -- >>>>>>>>>> Read the docs: http://akka.io/docs/ >>>>>>>>>> Check the FAQ: >>>>>>>>>> http://doc.akka.io/docs/akka/current/additional/faq.html >>>>>>>>>> Search the archives: https://groups.google.com/group/akka-user --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Akka User List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/akka-user. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- >>>>>>>>>> Read the docs: http://akka.io/docs/ >>>>>>>>>> Check the FAQ: >>>>>>>>>> http://doc.akka.io/docs/akka/current/additional/faq.html >>>>>>>>>> Search the archives: https://groups.google.com/group/akka-user --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Akka User List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/akka-user. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
