We could try using the multi-release jar feature in order to leverage new JDK 11 or JDK 14 features without completely dropping JDK 8, but that's definitely more work. I haven't seen many projects using it yet, so not sure how that's manageable from a development perspective.
Le mar. 30 juin 2020 à 13:50, Luca Burgazzoli <lburgazz...@gmail.com> a écrit : > I think that unless someone "big" in the OSS makes a move, most libraries > will stay with Java 8 till they are forced so I guess someone should be > brave and make the move. > > --- > Luca Burgazzoli > > > On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 12:57 PM Peter Palaga <ppal...@redhat.com> wrote: > > > On 30/06/2020 09:29, Jean-Baptiste Onofre wrote: > > > Agree, I think we should be very careful about communication. > > > > > > It’s the same about EOL branch/release. Actually EOL doesn’t really > > exist at Apache: anyone can fix/change an old branch and cut a release on > > it. > > > So, I fully understand the purpose, but I think we should be more > > "flexible" and communicate early enough to our users. > > > > > > Regards > > > JB > > > > > >> Le 29 juin 2020 à 22:23, Guillaume Nodet <gno...@apache.org> a écrit > : > > >> > > >> Note that we changed a bunch of lambda expressions back to anonymous > > >> classes a few months ago, so trying to get to the latest is not always > > the > > >> best choice. > > >> I'm not sure we need to drop Java 8 now. We can defer that decision > > until > > >> we have more incentive I think., > > >> > > >> Le lun. 29 juin 2020 à 18:01, Peter Palaga <ppal...@redhat.com> a > > écrit : > > >> > > >>> On 29/06/2020 11:59, Peter Palaga wrote: > > >>>> On 29/06/2020 07:29, Claus Ibsen wrote: > > >>>>> Hi > > >>>>> > > >>>>> On Sun, Jun 28, 2020 at 4:28 PM Peter Palaga <ppal...@redhat.com> > > >>> wrote: > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> Hi Claus, > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> we have announced a similar move for Camel Quarkus some time ago. > We > > >>> did > > >>>>>> that based on a similar Quarkus announcement [1]. But when I was > > about > > >>>>>> to perform the necessary changes, it turned out that Quarkus got > > some > > >>>>>> pushback from the users and thus they abandoned the plan without > > >>> letting > > >>>>>> us know - see [2]. As a result, Camel Quarkus also had to revisit > > the > > >>>>>> plan. We have decided to make Java 11 our main build and testing > > JDK, > > >>>>>> but kept both source and target compatibility at Java 8. > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> Requiring Java 11+ API on the Camel side would put Camel Quarkus > in > > a > > >>>>>> bit uncomfortable position: unlike all other extensions offered > via > > >>>>>> code.quarkus.io, our extensions would not work on Java 8 in JVM > > mode. > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> We (Camel community) should figure out how to proceed. > > >>>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> The drop of Java 8 is planned for next LTS (Camel 3.7) which is by > > end > > >>>>> of this year. > > >>>>> So there is still 6 months to go. In that time Quarkus may get to a > > >>>>> point where they have dropped Java 8 as well. > > >>>>> > > >>>>> But for Camel 3.5 we can surely wait to drop Java 8 so it does not > > >>>>> happen soon on the Camel side. > > >>>>> > > >>>>> Would ou you go ask the Quarkus team what new timeframe they have > for > > >>>>> dropping Java 8? > > >>>> > > >>>> Asked > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/quarkus-dev/7SZAM2BMb9c > > >>> > > >>> They asked back, what are our motivations for removing Java 8. I can > > say > > >>> for myself that it is mainly a simplification of our testing matrix. > > Are > > >>> there any other reasons? > > > > Are there any other benefits of dropping Java 8? > > > > -- P > > > > >>> Besides they noted that Azure Functions still only supports Java 8. > > >>> > > >>> -- P > > >>> > > >>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>>> [1] > > >>>>>> > > https://quarkus.io/blog/quarkus-1-4-final-released/#java-8-deprecated > > >>>>>> [2] > > >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/quarkus-dev/yzEjmYCFbwY/oW64kts3AQAJ > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> Thanks, > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> -- Peter > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> On 26/06/2020 10:23, Claus Ibsen wrote: > > >>>>>>> Hi > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> Just a heads up that from Camel 3.5 onwards we will drop Java 8 > > >>>>>>> support. > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> So this means that minimum Java version is now Java 11. > > >>>>>>> We are also working on adding support for Java 14, but it may > take > > a > > >>>>>>> few releases, but its planned for the next LTS 3.7 release to > have > > >>>>>>> both Java 11 and 14 as supported. > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> Camel 3.4.x is the LTS release that supports both Java 8 and 11, > > and > > >>>>>>> its supported for 1-year (june 2022). > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >> > > >> -- > > >> ------------------------ > > >> Guillaume Nodet > > > > > > > > -- ------------------------ Guillaume Nodet
