I would agree, but unfortunately Java 8 features required bytecode
changes and Java 8 can't be compiled to target Java 7. There is a good
summary of it a few answers down on this SO question:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16143684/can-java-8-code-be-compiled-to-run-on-java-7-jvm
I think that means we should stay on Java 7 as long as possible. I
propose taking a look at this is 6 months or so to see how many people
are still running Java 7 or have moved to 8.
rb
On 12/18/2015 05:03 AM, Niels Basjes wrote:
Ryan,
Perhaps we should even make the step to build using Java 8, yet generate
bytecode at the Java 7 level.
Niels
On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 1:25 PM, Niels Basjes <[email protected]> wrote:
+1
On 18 Dec 2015 12:33, "Tom White" <[email protected]> wrote:
+1
Tom
On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 1:08 AM, Ryan Blue <[email protected]> wrote:
I just noticed that our tests are still compiling and running with Java
6.
Java 7 is already end-of-life (public patches at least), so I think it
is
reasonable to start migrating. Is everyone okay with updating the builds
and dropping support for Java 6?
rb
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