Personally, I'd prefer something that still ran on Java 8, but I'll understand if I'm in the minority.
What benefits do we get from upgrading Derby to 10.15.1.3 and therefore requiring Java 9? Jon On Thu, Oct 31, 2019 at 10:26 AM Jean-Baptiste Onofré <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi guys, > > As I'm working on 5.16.0 release preparation, it's important to agree > about the minimum Java version for runtime of this version. > > The purpose is to fully support JDK 9+ (and so 11, 12, 13). > > I started some upgrade to fully support those Java versions (for > instance Derby 10.15.1.3 upgrade). > > We have two options here: > > - still support JDK8 and run with newer version (and then, we have to > keep JDK8 compliant dependencies, like Derby 10.14.2.0 for instance) > - define JDK9 as minimum version to run and then, we can upgrade the > dependencies. > > Thoughts ? > > Regards > JB > -- > Jean-Baptiste Onofré > [email protected] > http://blog.nanthrax.net > Talend - http://www.talend.com >
