Is this thread about what minimum BREE to use, or is it about announcing changes to this? I agree with most people here that Java 7 is a sensible minimum BREE for Mars, but I get the sense that this thread was more about how / where these changes are announced.
Cheers, Ian On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 2:36 PM, Gunnar Wagenknecht <gun...@wagenknecht.org> wrote: > > Am 04.03.2015 um 13:53 schrieb Mike Milinkovich < > mike.milinkov...@eclipse.org>: > > > > On 04/03/2015 4:15 PM, Martin Lippert wrote: > >> I am not sure whether this “end of public updates” date reflects what > is going on inside organizations. > >> Oracle still offers support for Java6 until Dec 2015, and extended > support for Dec 2018. > >> > >> > http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/eol-135779.html#java-commercial-offerings > > > > Sure. And I'm also sure if you pay Microsoft enough money you can get > support for Windows XP as well. That doesn't make it current. > > And we have a solution for this too --> LTS. If someone wants support for > Eclipse for an older version of Java, then LTS would be the obvious > recommendation. :) > > > I guess we just need to come up with a common definition of what we mean > by "current version". > > I say: it should be every version receiving security updates public and > free accessible for the community (committers, contributors and users). As > of May 2015, Java 7 will fall out of that list. But that's just my two > cents. > > -Gunnar > > _______________________________________________ > cross-project-issues-dev mailing list > cross-project-issues-dev@eclipse.org > To change your delivery options, retrieve your password, or unsubscribe > from this list, visit > https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/cross-project-issues-dev > -- R. Ian Bull | EclipseSource Victoria | +1 250 477 7484 http://eclipsesource.com | http://twitter.com/eclipsesource
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