Totally agree... if people really need to build for older Java runtimes they still can.. but if Oracle thinks they dont want to support JDK < 1.7 without getting paid why would the Maven project do it ;-)
For now 1.6 seems just fine and I would even say a jump to 1.7 in the next year or three (;-)) would be reasonable.. manfred > +1, bump to JDK6 minimum for Maven. > > > 2013/2/6 Stephen Connolly <stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com> > >> I think we should at least have a minor version bump on core to >> co-incide... Though I think calling it maven 4.0 might be better (that >> way >> we catch up with the model version ;-) >> >> On Wednesday, 6 February 2013, Olivier Lamy wrote: >> >> > Hi, >> > As we are now in 2013, it's probably time to think about that (again). >> > >> > Reading [1], even 1.6 won't be anymore updated after feb 2013. >> > >> > Can we say we are safe to go to 1.6 as minimum required ? >> > >> > NOTE: That will probably need a vote. So depending on how the thread >> > move, I will start a vote (or not). >> > >> > Thanks >> > -- >> > Olivier Lamy >> > Talend: http://coders.talend.com >> > http://twitter.com/olamy | http://linkedin.com/in/olamy >> > >> > [1] http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/eol-135779.html >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org >> <javascript:;> >> > For additional commands, e-mail: >> dev-h...@maven.apache.org<javascript:;> >> > >> > >> >> -- >> Baptiste <Batmat> MATHUS - http://batmat.net >> Sauvez un arbre, >> Mangez un castor ! nbsp;! > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org
