Strictly speaking, DS1.x is Java EE 6 based (because we are using CDI 1.0, JSF 2.0)
But probably no harm in just setting compiler to java 8. (and indicate that DS 1.9 only run on Java EE 7 server with Java 8) On 1 March 2018 at 16:05, Thomas Andraschko <andraschko.tho...@gmail.com> wrote: > IMO > DS1.x = JavaEE 7 > DS2.x = JavaEE 8 > > Java8 in 1.x is fine for me, we can try to improve our APIs with Java8 > In 2.x we can even improve further and cleanup then > > > 2018-03-01 15:55 GMT+01:00 Romain Manni-Bucau <rmannibu...@gmail.com>: > > > 2018-03-01 15:50 GMT+01:00 John D. Ament <johndam...@apache.org>: > > > > > IMHO to move to Java 8 we need to drop support for EE6/EE7. So to me > > that > > > says the next version is 2.0 not 1.9.x. > > > > > > > It is way too early for cdi 2, almost no users rely on that yet compared > to > > cdi 1.x. > > > > > > > > > > There are some weld 1.1 versions that support this, but no testable AS7 > > > instance that we can check against. > > > > > > > Isnt wildfly enough now? Maybe JBoss guys can help us here as well. > > > > > > > > > > John > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 1, 2018 at 9:35 AM Cody Lerum <cody.le...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > +1 there is no reason for someone running Java 7 to expect new > features > > > > from Deltaspike. > > > > > > > > On Feb 28, 2018 9:48 PM, "Mark Struberg" <strub...@yahoo.de.invalid> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi folks! > > > > > > > > > > Our build, etc in theory still runs with Java6. > > > > > As typical with ASF projects we make battle prooven projects for > > > > > production. > > > > > That means we take backward compatibility really serious. > > > > > > > > > > But I think it's finally time to up the game to Java8. > > > > > To indicate this I suggest to move from currently 1.8.x to 1.9.x. > > > > > > > > > > Note that all the rest will still be backward compatible with older > > > > > versions! > > > > > We also might still ship 1.8.2, 1.8.3, etc as Java7 compatible > > version > > > if > > > > > there is any necessity. > > > > > > > > > > Any objections? > > > > > > > > > > LieGrue, > > > > > strub > > > > > > > > > >
