> On Sep 4, 2015, at 11:02 AM, Andrus Adamchik <and...@objectstyle.org> wrote: > > >> On Sep 4, 2015, at 10:53 AM, Andrus Adamchik <and...@objectstyle.org> wrote: >> >>> cayenne 4 is java 6. Will it go java 7+ or are we staying on 6? I want to >>> use the new java.sql.Connection#getSchema. It will probably require updated >>> jdbc drivers and dbcp2 as well, so it might be easier to create our own >>> adapter#getSchema(Connection). What do you think? >> >> I've been softly advocating to switch to Java 7 in 4.0 for some time. And I >> think by now just enough time has passed to consider Java 6 a distant >> memory. >> >> IIRC Savva either started working or was planning to start working on a >> DBCP2 module, so we should be covered on that front as well. >> >> So maybe we take an (informal?) vote on this and go Java 7? > > Just found the last thread on this from a year ago: > > http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.java.cayenne.devel/12754 > > Other than IntelliJ IDEA being behind on OSX, there were no concerns. But > even if IDEA is running under Java 6, it can be used to develop Java 7 apps. > So I think we should switch. > > Andrus
Ah, there was also a sub-thread on JEE versions. I think this is what stopped us back then. Anyone has any insight on the state of things with JEE ? Andrus
