+1 for the upgrade On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 7:53 PM, Hervé BOUTEMY <[email protected]> wrote:
> +1 > (both for the move to java 7, Robert's concerns and Stephen justification) > > another reason: the next Maven core minor version bump isn't expected > before a > while > > let's use the 3.3.0 minor version choice done on Maven features be used on > this internal JDK choice update too > > Regards, > > Hervé > > Le jeudi 5 mars 2015 08:14:57 Jason van Zyl a écrit : > > Robert, > > > > I think it's reasonable at this point to move to Java 1.7. I'd really > prefer > > to use new features and given Java 1.7 is about to be EOL'd I don't think > > it's very practical staying on Java 1.6. > > On Mar 5, 2015, at 8:09 AM, Stephen Connolly > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > We never got a final official policy. > > > > > > I believe the consensus was at least: > > > > > > * all Java versions currently supported by Oracle and one back on a > Major > > > version bump. > > > > > > I think we should go with all Java versions currently supported by > Oracle > > > on a Minor version bump... but there was some grumbling from Chris and > I > > > didn't want to fracture the community at the time. > > > > > > I think with Oracle being more strict it is reasonable that we start > > > moving > > > on up. > > > > > > Thus if we are to have a policy I would say that every minor version > > > release is supposed to work with any version line of Java that was > under > > > public free support by Oracle at the time of the first release in our > > > minor > > > version line. > > > > > > Or in other words, 3.3.x would be JDK7 & JDK8 (it may work with JDK9 > but > > > we > > > cannot know until that is released) > > > > > > Moving our base JDK up will allow us to compile with JDK7 bytecode > which > > > will improve startup performance according to the rumours I have heard. > > > > > > On 5 March 2015 at 15:53, Jason van Zyl <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Stephen, as the keeper of long discussions we've had about JDK > versions > > >> what did we actually decide a while back? > > >> > > >> On Mar 5, 2015, at 7:43 AM, Stephen Connolly < > > >> > > >> [email protected]> wrote: > > >>> +1 > > >>> > > >>> On 5 March 2015 at 12:19, Igor Fedorenko <[email protected]> > wrote: > > >>>> With maven core version change to 3.3.0 on master, any objections I > > >>>> change compile source/target to java 7? > > >>>> > > >>>> -- > > >>>> Regards, > > >>>> Igor > > >>>> > > >>>> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > >> > > >> Thanks, > > >> > > >> Jason > > >> > > >> ---------------------------------------------------------- > > >> Jason van Zyl > > >> Founder, Takari and Apache Maven > > >> http://twitter.com/jvanzyl > > >> http://twitter.com/takari_io > > >> --------------------------------------------------------- > > >> > > >> Selfish deeds are the shortest path to self destruction. > > >> > > >> -- The Seven Samuari, Akira Kurosawa > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > Thanks, > > > > Jason > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > Jason van Zyl > > Founder, Takari and Apache Maven > > http://twitter.com/jvanzyl > > http://twitter.com/takari_io > > --------------------------------------------------------- > > > > There's no sense in being precise when you don't even know what you're > > talking about. > > > > -- John von Neumann > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > -- ----- Arnaud Héritier http://aheritier.net Mail/GTalk: aheritier AT gmail DOT com Twitter/Skype : aheritier
