+1 to drop Support for Java 8 in NetBeans 12.1. If someone still wants to run it on Java 8 he/she can use a previous release.
Laszlo Kishalmi <laszlo.kisha...@gmail.com> schrieb am Do., 27. Feb. 2020, 02:13: > Dear all, > > What do you think about stopping support Java 8 as NetBeans runtime from > 12.1 and on? > > Neil mentioned it in the user's chat first regarding that we have issues > with nb-javac from time to time. > > As we know our mid term plan is/was to rely on javac tooling instead of > habing to maintain the nb-javac fork. > > Right now NetBeans run fairly well on standard javac, however when the > IDE is running on Java 8 we need the nb-javac. > > I think removing Java 8 support as runtime shall be not a big deal, it > would be a few thing less to worry about. During the 12.x cycle we could > perfect our stuff on Java 11. > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@netbeans.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@netbeans.apache.org > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists > > > >
