For what it's worth, I found a page showing IBM's published plans for Java 6 (and other versions) support: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/lifecycle/
Myrna On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 5:19 AM, Gary Gregory <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >
