I created https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-6721 to track this task.
Gary On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 6:50 PM, Gary Gregory <[email protected]> wrote: > There are several aspects. In the language, I like try with with > resources, type inference, and multi - catch clauses. > > I am in a special situation in that I am working on a custom derby build > for a special use case. Using one level of jdbc and java makes the whole > task easier to develop, build and in general deal with. > > Gary > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Myrna van Lunteren > Date:08/28/2014 14:31 (GMT-05:00) > To: derbydev > Subject: Re: Java 6 vs. 7 > > Hi, > > I looked but cannot find any official EOS statements or dates for Java 6 > from IBM. > > I found that Java 5 by IBM had a EOS(or perhaps EOL?) in 2009 - just like > Oracle did; which does not imply a commitment regarding Java 6, however. > > Either way, I think it's fair to deprecate Java 6 in a future feature > release - I like Rick's proposal. > > Was there some specific functionality that is of concern/interest here? > > Myrna > > > On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 10:26 AM, Rick Hillegas <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> On 8/27/14 5:32 PM, Gary Gregory wrote: >> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> Now that DERBY-6213 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-6213> >>> is in the books, is there any interest here in deprecating Java 6 in favor >>> of Java 7? >>> >>> Gary >>> -- >>> E-Mail: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> | >>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> Java Persistence with Hibernate, Second Edition <http://www.manning.com/ >>> bauer3/> >>> JUnit in Action, Second Edition <http://www.manning.com/tahchiev/> >>> Spring Batch in Action <http://www.manning.com/templier/> >>> Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com <http://garygregory.wordpress. >>> com/> >>> >>> Home: http://garygregory.com/ >>> Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory >>> >> Thanks for raising this issue, Gary. Oracle stopped creating public >> releases of Java 6 last year: http://www.oracle.com/ >> technetwork/java/eol-135779.html. However, Oracle continues to provide >> new releases of Java 6 for customers who buy support contracts. I can't >> find any information on IBM's commitment to Java 6. Maybe one of the IBM >> engineers can comment. >> >> In the interests of reducing code/testing complexity, I'd be happy to >> deprecate support for Java 6. When we deprecate a platform, we generally >> produce one last feature release for it. It is that last release which >> announces the deprecation. If we followed that convention, then next year's >> 10.12 release would still support Java 6. The first release to drop Java 6 >> support would be 10.13, due out in 2016 if we keep to our usual release >> cadence. >> >> What do other people think? >> >> Thanks, >> -Rick >> > > -- E-Mail: [email protected] | [email protected] Java Persistence with Hibernate, Second Edition <http://www.manning.com/bauer3/> JUnit in Action, Second Edition <http://www.manning.com/tahchiev/> Spring Batch in Action <http://www.manning.com/templier/> Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com Home: http://garygregory.com/ Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory
