So we need to plan for it, and tie it to a release branch? Best regards,
Pierre Smits *OFBiz Extensions Marketplace* http://oem.ofbizci.net/oci-2/ On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 11:23 AM, Jacques Le Roux < jacques.le.r...@les7arts.com> wrote: > I tend to agree. Actually there are 2 points, > 1) use Java 8 to compile > 2) use new Java 8 features > > We can already do 1, but we should maybe wait the next freezed branch to > do 2. That should be discussed but does not prevent 1. Of course any commit > with 2 will be rejected as long as an agreement on 2 will not be reached > > Jacques > > > Le 11/10/2015 19:09, Ron Wheeler a écrit : > >> I am not sure why backwards compatibility is an issue with moving to Java >> 8. >> >> It works well, >> it is the supported version of Java. >> As far as I have heard, the Java 8 JVM runs code compiled with earlier >> versions of Java. (My own experience is uniformly positive). >> >> I can see no reason to think that anyone who is developing or using OFBiz >> would need to compile or run with an older version of Java. >> >> In this day of VM and Docker Containers, it is hard to imagine that >> someone would be stuck on an older JVM in a production environment and >> unable to come up with a configuration that would allow them to run JVM 8 >> to support OFBiz. >> >> IMHO, we should just move to requiring the supported version of Java as >> soon as possible. >> >> Ron >> >> >> On 11/10/2015 4:14 AM, Taher Alkhateeb wrote: >> >>> Hello Everyone, >>> >>> We created and provided the patches for this issue since June and OFBiz >>> is pretty much ready to move to JDK 8. I'm not sure if lazy consensus is >>> enough or whether a vote is warranted to move this issue forward? >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Taher Alkhateeb >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> >>> From: "Pierre Smits" <pierre.sm...@gmail.com> >>> To: dev@ofbiz.apache.org >>> Sent: Thursday, 7 May, 2015 10:52:00 AM >>> Subject: Re: Java 8 and functional programming in trunk >>> >>> I don't think that it is a question of using or not using J8. It is more >>> about when to move it into trunk, as from that moment on there will be >>> backward compatibility issues. >>> A helpful solution in this respect could be to designate a specific >>> release >>> branch now (e.g. r15 or r16), create the version in JIRA and setup the >>> dev >>> branch in svn. Doing it that way J8 related issues can get registered, >>> changes can get implemented and assessed (in the dev branch) without >>> breaking current stuff in trunk. >>> >>> But it also ensures that we can create awareness prior to releasing >>> stuff. >>> >>> Best regards, >>> >>> >>> >>> Pierre Smits >>> >>> *ORRTIZ.COM <http://www.orrtiz.com>* >>> Services & Solutions for Cloud- >>> Based Manufacturing, Professional >>> Services and Retail & Trade >>> http://www.orrtiz.com >>> >>> On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 9:30 AM, Nicolas Malin <nicolas.ma...@nereide.fr> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Ok Thanks Scott and Jacques. >>>> >>>> So Who is against use java 8 and more on trunk ? >>>> >>>> :) >>>> >>>> Nicolas >>>> >>>> >>>> Le 07/05/2015 08:46, Jacques Le Roux a écrit : >>>> >>>> Yes (lazy) consensus over vote ;) >>>>> >>>>> Jacques >>>>> >>>>> Le 07/05/2015 05:02, Scott Gray a écrit : >>>>> >>>>> I'm not sure if a vote is necessary, particularly if no one has any >>>>>> objections. >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards >>>>>> Scott >>>>>> On 7 May 2015 07:44, "Nicolas Malin" <nicolas.ma...@nereide.fr> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm favorable to use java 8. >>>>>> >>>>>>> I think it's will be pretty fin if you can support oracle jdk8 and >>>>>>> openjdk8 also. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I propose to organize a vote to validate or not this proposition >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Nicolas >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Le 03/05/2015 11:52, Jacques Le Roux a écrit : >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi Taher, >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Yes I think so. For now well known (I hope ;)) security reasons, if >>>>>>>> people want to use Oracle JDK they need to use Java 8. >>>>>>>> So implementing with new Java 8 features now in trunk sounds good to >>>>>>>> me. >>>>>>>> BTW this is only my opinion... >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Note that our demos are still using OpenJDK 1.7 I'm not quite sure >>>>>>>> of >>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>> policy >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> http://www.cvedetails.com/vulnerability-list/vendor_id-93/product_id-23642/version_id-138218/Oracle-Openjdk-1.7.0.html >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Jacques >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Le 03/05/2015 10:52, Taher Alkhateeb a écrit : >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi everyone, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I would like to work on a few JIRAs and at the same refactor some >>>>>>>>> existing >>>>>>>>> code to utilize Lambdas and Streams utilizing Java 8 features. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Is it acceptable to develop with JDK 8 features into trunk? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Taher Alkhateeb >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>> >> >>
