+1 I just find the change/discussion a bit too fast. You should wait longer than ~10h as the world has more timezone. IMHO waiting for the answer from various members of the community is more like 2/3 days.
Cheers -- Olivier On 6 Mar 2015 10:37, "Jason van Zyl" <ja...@takari.io> wrote: > Ok, the consensus is to move forward to Java7. I updated the POM and we're > in no rush so give it a whirl and we can think about releasing next week if > the world doesn't blow up. > > On Mar 5, 2015, at 2:32 PM, Mirko Friedenhagen <mfriedenha...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Hello there, > > > > I would go for JDK7 as well, in April it will be EOLed anyway. I do > > not understand why someone who is forced to use JDK6 or let alone JDK5 > > is allowed (or has) to use the newest versions of build tools BTW. IMO > > it is stressful enough to support two JDKs (on different at least 3 > > OSes). > > Regards Mirko > > -- > > http://illegalstateexception.blogspot.com/ > > https://github.com/mfriedenhagen/ (http://osrc.dfm.io/mfriedenhagen) > > https://bitbucket.org/mfriedenhagen/ > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 11:18 PM, Chris Graham <chrisgw...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> My preference is to always go for the lowest common denoninator, as it > >> gives the largest possible spread. > >> > >> My 'grumbling' as Stephen put it [ :-) ], is more that I'd like people > to > >> have an awareness that there are other platforms out there. > >> > >> For example, the current IBM WAS 8.x stack defaults to Java 6, and Java > 7 > >> is an extra optional install. I'm not sure if there is an IBM Java 8 > >> available (or being used in a product - I'm not sure, I've not looked, > and > >> now, I no long can!). > >> > >> Once the core moves the plugins will follow. > >> > >> I don't necessarilly agree with the premise that those stuck on older > >> versions of Java will not want to use the newer core/plugins, > especially as > >> backports of fixes are exceptionally uncommon. > >> > >> But if you feel the pressing need to update, feel free. > >> > >> > >> On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 6:11 AM, Karl Heinz Marbaise <khmarba...@gmx.de> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> On 3/5/15 2:16 PM, Igor Fedorenko wrote: > >>> > >>>> This is chicken-and-egg situation. We won't use java 7 features unless > >>>> the code targets java 7. > >>>> > >>>> Try-with-resources and multi-exception catch are the too features I'd > >>>> like to start using throughout the code. Although not "critical" per > se, > >>>> I think they make writing correct maintainable code noticeably easier. > >>>> > >>>> Improvements to standard library, nio in particular, is another big > >>>> reason for me. For example, Files#walkFileTree is significantly faster > >>>> than comparable File-based implementation on large source trees. > Knowing > >>>> the core is on java 7 will allow us use that in plexus-utils for > example. > >>>> > >>> > >>> Hm..plexus-utils is used in many plugins which would cause them to > upgrade > >>> to Java 7 as well ? > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> Besides, java 7 is EOL'ed by Oracle next month. Yes, many > organizations > >>>> still use java 6 (and java 5), but the same organizations are not > likely > >>>> to move to use latest maven features any time soon either. > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> Regards, > >>>> Igor > >>>> > >>>> On 2015-03-05 7:59, Robert Scholte wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> I don't know the numbers, but I think JDK6 is still used a lot by the > >>>>> community. > >>>>> Current code builds fine with JDK6. > >>>>> Which JDK7 specific features do you want to use, which are not > possible > >>>>> with the current codebase? > >>>>> Without any critical codechanges I'd go for -1. > >>>>> > >>>>> Robert > >>>>> > >>>>> Op Thu, 05 Mar 2015 13:19:11 +0100 schreef Igor Fedorenko > >>>>> <i...@ifedorenko.com>: > >>>>> > >>>>> With maven core version change to 3.3.0 on master, any objections I > >>>>>> change compile source/target to java 7? > >>>>>> > >>>>>> -- > >>>>>> Regards, > >>>>>> Igor > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>> > >>> Kind regards > >>> Karl Heinz Marbaise > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > >>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > >>> > >>> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > > > > 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: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > >
