Haha. Rohit already did what I suggested. I am only just getting through my emails. :)
On Dec 27, 2016 9:05 AM, "Will Stevens" <williamstev...@gmail.com> wrote: > Maybe we should send an email to the dev and users lists with something > like this: > --- > Dropping F5 Support > The F5 plugin currently does not have any maintainers and it is holding us > back from making an important move to Java 8. If you depend on this plugin, > we recommend that you contact the dev@ list and either contribute to the > plugin upgrade, or commission someone to do it for you. > --- > At least this way we can give people fair warning and give them a chance > to get into the dev cycle or pay someone to work on this before it affects > their business. Ideally people will learn about dropped plugins before they > are released and they are not learning about it in the release notes. :) > > > On Dec 27, 2016 3:19 AM, "Erik Weber" <terbol...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I am +1 to removing code without maintainers, as long as it's not a core >> feature. >> >> Erik >> >> >> tir. 27. des. 2016 kl. 08.23 skrev Rohit Yadav <rohit.ya...@shapeblue.com >> >: >> >> > All, >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > Java7 has eol-ed, it's about time to move to Java8 for both codebase and >> > runtime [1]. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > An experimental PR [2] shows that moving to Java8 is fairly straight >> > forward. The only component that is failing is F5 network plugin, which >> > lacks authors/maintainers as this issue has been previously raised on >> dev@ >> > [3]. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > In order to move to JDK8, we'll need to take hard decisions to >> > comment/exclude plugins such as F5 from the default build profiles that >> may >> > not get fixes and improvements from their authors/maintainers. Thoughts, >> > comments? >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-9710 >> > >> > >> > >> > <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-9710> >> > >> > >> > >> > [2] https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/pull/1864 >> > >> > >> > >> > [3] http://markmail.org/message/ggx5ycoezyr2ywel >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > Regards. >> > >> > >> > >> > rohit.ya...@shapeblue.com >> > >> > www.shapeblue.com >> > >> > 53 Chandos Place, Covent Garden, London WC2N 4HSUK >> > >> > @shapeblue >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >
