Hi Sergio, Sesame is planning on maintaining the 2.8 series for a while after 4.0 is released, to give some period for people to upgrade to Java-8. However, I am already using Java-8 in my personal projects and it is really a very useful update IMO.
Cheers, Peter On 17 June 2015 at 17:15, Sergio Fernández <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > even if we do not need to do it right now, as many other ASF project I'd > like to kick off a discussion for thoughts on moving the minimum Java > requirement for Marmotta to Java 8. There are a two immediate reasons that > make this seem wise: > > 1) Java 7 EOL and specifically for security fixes > https://www.java.com/en/download/faq/java_7.xml > > 2) Key dependencies (Sesame, etc) moving to Java 8 soon... > > Now, item 1 does not mean we must move our minimum to Java 8 but item > 2 will do. Java 8 offers some nice language enhancements which could be > quite useful within the framework. > > Thanks > > -- > Sergio Fernández > Partner Technology Manager > Redlink GmbH > m: +43 6602747925 > e: [email protected] > w: http://redlink.co
