I'd like to know what developers are both stuck in Java 7 (or earlier) and also have the liberty to upgrade any of their dependencies regardless of compatibility concerns. My thoughts are that being stuck in the past for one dependency tends to leak into every other dependency for the same underlying reasons.
On Sat, 23 Mar 2019 at 06:27, Pascal Schumacher <pascalschumac...@gmx.net> wrote: > > > > Am 22. März 2019 19:56:29 MEZ schrieb Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com>: > >On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 2:53 PM sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> I see no reason to update to Java 8 unless continuing with Java 7 > >> becomes a big hassle. > >> > >> Why penalise people stuck on Java 7 unnecessarily? > >> > > > >I see it the other way around: Why do we want to handcuff new > >development > >on a dead platforms? For new contributors, this is a huge turn off. > > +1 > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > -- Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
