Hi, thanks to Rob Rompkins, and his recent work on Fileupload, it came to my attention that Java 9 will no longer support JVM 1.5, and lower, as a compiler target. [1]
This means, that we will be preventing our developers from using Java 9, if a component is still below 1.6. (And, I'd expect that to be the case for quite some projects.) Now, leaving the general discussions regarding Java 9, and (in particular) Jigsaw, aside, I think that is something that we ought to consider. OTOH, it seems reasonable to expect that Java 9 adoption will be slow, given that it isn't upwards compatible. So, as a compromise, I propose that we adopt the following policy: All commons proper components are expected within one year from now on to bump their compiler target to 1.6, or beyond, and have a release published with that target. That way, we know, that it works fine with the Java 9 compiler. Jochen 1: http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/182 -- The next time you hear: "Don't reinvent the wheel!" http://www.keystonedevelopment.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/evolution-of-the-wheel-300x85.jpg --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
