On Mar 6, 2016 4:12 AM, "Stefan Bodewig" wrote: > > I'm not sure whether moving to Java6 is worth the effort since it has > been EOLed as well, even Java7 is no longer officially supported by > Oracle, but personally I wouldn't want to require Java8 right now.
Java 1.6 extended support lasts til December 2018. I would think any decision on what the new base version to support should consider the extended support schedule. I do know of some company environments that are still on 1.6. --ewh