Hi Ralf, Dani announced a while ago that Eclipse Neon will drop support for Java 7. See: https://dev.eclipse.org/mhonarc/lists/cross-project-issues-dev/msg12177.html
Best regards, Lars On Mon, Dec 7, 2015 at 10:41 AM, Ralf Sternberg <rsternb...@eclipsesource.com> wrote: > Hi, > > while we all want to use the new features in Java 8, some users of the > RAP project still can't switch to Java 8 because they have to deploy > on application servers that run on a (bundled) non-Java-8 VM. For > example, looking at the IBM WebSphere JDK support list [1], it seems > that for the server side, it's still a bit too early to require Java > 8. > > Since one of the bundles RAP depends on (core.jobs) has recently been > updated to Java 8, we find ourselves faced with the choice of either > locking out those users or shipping RAP 3.1 with an older version of > the platform. The latter would probably mean to abstain from the Neon > simultaneous release. > > I wonder if there is a general consensus that the Eclipse platform > (not the IDE) does not support Java 7 anymore. If this is the case, we > have to live with it, however, I'd appreciate to keep at least the > core Java-7-compatible for one more year. Looking at the respective > change in core.jobs [2], it looks like a refactoring, not an API > change that would require Java 8. Also on the Neon release plan [3], > it's still marked as 1.7. Is there a chance to revert this change or > are more of those going to come? > > Regards, > Ralf > > [1] http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=180&uid=swg27005002 > [2] > http://git.eclipse.org/c/platform/eclipse.platform.runtime.git/commit/bundles/org.eclipse.core.jobs?id=e0c1dc5111c5200d39f4611082b34110d735ac29 > [3] > https://www.eclipse.org/projects/project-plan.php?planurl=http://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/development/plans/eclipse_project_plan_4_6.xml#appendix > > -- > Ralf Sternberg > Project Lead, Remote Application Platform (RAP) > EclipseSource > > Tel: +49 721 66 47 33-0 > > Innoopract Informationssysteme GmbH > Lammstraße 21, 76133 Karlsruhe, Germany > General Manager: Jochen Krause > Registered Office: Karlsruhe, Commercial Register Mannheim HRB 107883 > _______________________________________________ > 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 -- Eclipse Platform UI and e4 project co-lead CEO vogella GmbH Haindaalwisch 17a, 22395 Hamburg Amtsgericht Hamburg: HRB 127058 Geschäftsführer: Lars Vogel, Jennifer Nerlich de Vogel USt-IdNr.: DE284122352 Fax (032) 221739404, Email: lars.vo...@vogella.com, Web: http://www.vogella.com _______________________________________________ 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