+1 that is the right thing to do. Let move forward Java 6 went EOL and it's a security risk for all running it since security fixes are not ported anymore afaik. We should just move on here to be honest!
simon On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 2:18 PM, Uwe Schindler <u...@thetaphi.de> wrote: > Ok, then let’s release 4.8 using Java 7 as minimum requirement! Both is fine > to me. I just want Java 6 go away! > > > > ----- > > Uwe Schindler > > H.-H.-Meier-Allee 63, D-28213 Bremen > > http://www.thetaphi.de > > eMail: u...@thetaphi.de > > > > From: Robert Muir [mailto:rcm...@gmail.com] > Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2014 1:35 PM > To: dev@lucene.apache.org > Subject: Re: Release Lucene 5? > > > > Sorry, but I disagree. We shouldn't release a new major version for > arbitrary reasons. Meanwhile the 4.x releases keep getting better, maybe it > could go to 4.12 or 4.15 before 4.x runs out of steam. > > On Mar 8, 2014 6:27 AM, "Uwe Schindler" <u...@thetaphi.de> wrote: > > Hi all, > > Java 8 will get released (hopefully, but I trust the release plan!) on March > 18, 2014. Because of this, lots of developers will move to Java 8, too. This > makes maintaining 3 versions for developing Lucene 4.x not easy anymore > (unless you have cool JAVA_HOME "cmd" launcher scriptsusing StEXBar > available for your Windows Explorer - or similar stuff in Linux). > > I think we should release Lucene 5 with Java 7 as minimum requirement quite > soon - I could act as release manager. Unfortunately we have not many new > features (as most stuff was backported, breaking backwards compatibility), > but we should really work on releasing it. In my opinion, Java 7 minimum > requirement is a good reason for a major version bump. I don't think we > should add another 4.x release series! I would prefer to move branch_4x to > the attic and disable its Jenkins builds. This would also allow to remove > support for crazy JRockit, because there is no longer JRockit for Java 7. > > Uwe > > ----- > Uwe Schindler > H.-H.-Meier-Allee 63, D-28213 Bremen > http://www.thetaphi.de > eMail: u...@thetaphi.de > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@lucene.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@lucene.apache.org
