On 10/31/19 6:02 AM, Jean-Baptiste Onofré 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
Given how long folks have been waiting on a 5.16.0 release I'd go with
option 2 and continue supporting JDK 8 so that a new release that can
run on newer JDKs is out but still maintains compatibility with the
existing supported platform.
Once 5.16.0 is out then a move to JDK 11 in 5.17.0 if such a release was
ever to be done would be the next most sensible option as that moves to
supported JDK.
--
Tim Bish
