I do not think we should talk about future plans in the release notes for
3.5.

Gary

On Sep 21, 2016 2:58 PM, "Stian Soiland-Reyes" <st...@apache.org> wrote:

> +1 - could we even mention this in the release notes for 3.5 and 3.6?
>
> Something like:
>
> > Commons Lang 3.5.x is planned to be the last minor version series that
> > support Java 6; future versions will target Java 7 and Java 8.
>
>
> > Commons Lang 3.6.x is planned to be the last minor version series that
> > support Java 7; future versions will target Java 8.
>
> Then downstream users have a chance to complain to us if they don't
> like it :-)  (and hopefully put in the effort required)
>
> On 21 September 2016 at 19:20, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > I'd like to propose an orderly migration assume BC is preserved:
> >
> > - Release 3.5 RC as scheduled this weekend
> > - Release 3.6 with Java 7 changes
> > - Release 3.7 with Java 8 changes
> >
> > This will give us an opportunity to do some Java 7 work and put that out
> > without leaving Java 7-only folks out of the picture.
> >
> > Gary
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 10:21 AM, Stian Soiland-Reyes <st...@apache.org>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> +1 to be brave and make Lang 3.6 be Java 8, so Lambda helpers can join
> >> here. I have a couple of Stream helpers that could also fit in there.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 21 September 2016 at 18:19, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> > On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 8:04 AM, Benedikt Ritter <brit...@apache.org>
> >> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Hi,
> >> >>
> >> >> Jörg Schaible <joerg.schai...@bpm-inspire.com> schrieb am Mi., 21.
> Sep.
> >> >> 2016 um 16:55 Uhr:
> >> >>
> >> >> > Jan Matèrne (jhm) wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> > >
> >> >> > >> We could also have Lamda utility classes in [lang], the classes
> >> would
> >> >> > >> target Java 8 while the other classes would remain at the Java 6
> >> level
> >> >> > >> (this implies compiling the classes separately and recombining
> >> them in
> >> >> > >> the final jar).
> >> >> > >
> >> >> > > From a users point of view I would search in commons-lang for
> >> language
> >> >> > > "extensions". But this kind of building would be ... complex.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > No, it's a quite simple configuration with Maven. However, you have
> >> to be
> >> >> > prepared for users running into problems using the resulting jar
> file:
> >> >> >
> >> >> > 1/ in Android, because the Dalvik compiler is not able to convert
> the
> >> >> > classes targeting Java 8
> >> >> >
> >> >> > 2/ in Web/App Servers running with Java 7 or below that scan the
> >> >> libraries
> >> >> > in the classpath for annotations
> >> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >> I still think we should use Commons Functor for this kind of
> >> functionality.
> >> >> Commons Lang originally only hosted extensions to the java.lang
> package.
> >> >> Over time more and more stuff creeped in (reflect, concurrent,
> text). We
> >> >> responded to that by creating Commons Text and Commons Functor. I
> think
> >> >> small focused components are the right direction instead of putting
> even
> >> >> more stuff into Commons Lang. I hope to have some time to work on
> Text
> >> and
> >> >> Functor after I'm done with the Commons Lang 3.5 release... :)
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> > Once [lang] 3.5 is out, I think we should update [lang] to Java 7. We
> >> could
> >> > talk about going directly to Java 8.
> >> >
> >> > Lambdas are a core Java feature, it feel to me like it belongs in
> [lang].
> >> > [functor] feels like something that should only be for pre-Java 8.
> >> >
> >> > Gary
> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >> Regards,
> >> >> Benedikt
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Cheers,
> >> >> > Jörg
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
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> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >
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