On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 10:24 AM, Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'd be +1 for Java 8, but making a 3.0 release is a different story. For > that, I'd like to see a lot more than just the Java version increase. > I think that a 3.0 would mark: - A major change: Java 7 to Java 8 - The internal clean up (in progress) with all the new modules - Others stuff like maybe an SPI. Pushed back to 4.0 would be: - Remove deprecated classes and methods - Other stuff? Gary > On 29 January 2018 at 11:07, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > +1 to Java 8 now and call the next release 3.0. > > > > Gary > > > > On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 10:03 AM, Ralph Goers < > ralph.go...@dslextreme.com> > > wrote: > > > > > Ceki has started a poll to upgrade Logback to Java 8 - > > > https://doodle.com/poll/s7n3wk59694pmnbs <https://doodle.com/poll/ > > > s7n3wk59694pmnbs>. The last poll I saw was in May of last year that > had > > > Java 7 at about 30%. https://plumbr.io/blog/java/ > > > java-version-and-vendor-data-analyzed-2017-edition < > > > https://plumbr.io/blog/java/java-version-and-vendor-data- > > > analyzed-2017-edition>. Based on the Java 6 graph I anticipate that > Java > > > 7 will be under 20% this year. I had been thinking that upgrading to > > Java 8 > > > in September or so would be the right time, but with all this > > > modularization work I am wondering if moving to Java 8 now makes more > > sense. > > > > > > Thoughts? > > > > > > Ralph > > > > > > -- > Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> >
