+1 to drop Java 6 support with Camel 2.14.x +1 to start looking into Java 8 support with Camel 2.14.x.
Best, Christian ----------------- Software Integration Specialist Apache Member V.P. Apache Camel | Apache Camel PMC Member | Apache Camel committer Apache Incubator PMC Member https://www.linkedin.com/pub/christian-mueller/11/551/642 On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 9:57 AM, Claus Ibsen <claus.ib...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 7:45 AM, Jan Matèrne (jhm) <apa...@materne.de> > wrote: > >> sorry to interfere, but shouldn't the vote be on the src package only > >> ("releases be primarily based on a signed source package"), therefore > >> the "binary" is just a nice topping on top and this is just a pure > >> makeup failure. > >> > >> please correct me if I'm wrong :) > >> The quote was taken from the release.html that Hadrian just posted > >> before. > > > > > > If I read the ASF release guidelines [1] correctly, all things a project > ships out is a release. > > So because Camel ships a bin-distro, that's also a release. > > > > [1] http://www.apache.org/dev/release.html#what > > > > > > > >> I'll give it another 12 hours and if nothing changes I will close > >> the vote and release 2.12.3. If within this time you convince another > >> PMC member to change his vote I will cancel this vote. > > > > I am also a fan a building against the oldest supported platform. > > Would it be possible to > > - build Camel against Java6 for getting the "right" class file format > > - generate the html using Java7 > > - jar them using Java6? > > > > Another option would drop Java6 ... But as Oracle writes [2] for Java6: > > - Feb 2011: End of Public Updates Notification > > - Feb 2013: End of Public Updates > > - Dec 2013: Premier Support Until > > BUT > > - Jun 2017: Extended Support Until > > > > > > [2] http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/eol-135779.html > > > > Java 6 has been EOL for 1 year now, since end of February 2013 [2] > You can buy enterprise support from Oracle if you want a paid support > for Java6 for a longer time. > But the community releases is EOL. > > > > So its IMHO about time we also start consider dropping Java6 for newer > Camel releases. > Maybe for the Camel release after 2.13.x, meaning 2.13.x branch is the > last Java6 supported branch of ours. > > Also Java8 is around the corner, so we would need to move on in Camel > so we can start to take advantage of Java8 stuff in future Camel > releases. > > > > =============== > > Java SE 6 End of Public Updates Notice > > After February 2013, Oracle will no longer post updates of Java SE 6 > to its public download sites. Existing Java SE 6 downloads already > posted as of February 2013 will remain accessible in theJava Archive > on Oracle Technology Network. Developers and end-users are encouraged > to update to more recent Java SE versions that remain available for > public download. For enterprise customers, who need continued access > to critical bug fixes and security fixes as well as general > maintenance for Java SE 6 or older versions, long term support is > available through Oracle Java SE Support . > > > =============== > > > > Jan > > > > > > -- > Claus Ibsen > ----------------- > Red Hat, Inc. > Email: cib...@redhat.com > Twitter: davsclaus > Blog: http://davsclaus.com > Author of Camel in Action: http://www.manning.com/ibsen > Make your Camel applications look hawt, try: http://hawt.io >
