What version of Java is the minimum for XMLBeans? We should not forget XMLBeans in this discussion.
Best, Dave > On Feb 3, 2024, at 5:54 PM, Axel Howind <a...@dua3.com> wrote: > > No one forces users of POI to update to the latest version. Going to 11 in > POI 6 doesn't mean we > have to stop providing bug fixes to POI 5 from one day to the next. But > whoever is still using > Java 8 is now certainly used to not being able to use the newest version of > every dependency. > > Most major frameworks and many libraries now have a baseline of at least Java > 11. And many of > those that are still on 8 will also have to do the switch because features > from older Java > versions will be removed and the replacements are not yet available on 8: > - finalizers (replaced by Cleaner introduced in 9) > - sun.misc.Unsafe (replacement depends on use case, some introduced from 9 on) > > Current minimum Java version for some of the most used framework and > libraries: > Spring Framework and Spring Boot: java 17 > WildFly: Java 11 > Quarkus: Java 11 > Hibernate: Java 11 > KeyCloak: Java 17 > RabbitMQ: Java 11 > > Even the IDEs require more recent versions to run (but can compile using > older versions): > Eclipse: Java 11 (17 recommeded) > Netbeans: Java 11 > IntelliJ: Java 17 > > Even some dependencies of POI already require Java 11 in their current > version: > Jakarta XML bind: Java 11 is required for version 4.x > xmlsec: Java 11 is required for 4.x > > And some will bump the Java version for their next major release: > Log4j 3.x will require Java 17 > PDFbox 4.x will require Java 11 > Saxon is (hopefully?) still Java 8 compatible but not tested anymore under > Java 8 > > So staying on 8 would mean that POI will not be able to upgrade dependencies > to the latest > versions of some of the dependencies and possibly rely on versions that will > be unsupported in the > foreseeable future. > > Moving to Java 11 will make the code easier to maintain. There are a lot of > improvements in IO, > String handling, and collections that make the code more concise, easier to > understand, and maintain. > > >> Am 03.02.2024 um 22:18 schrieb PJ Fanning <fannin...@yahoo.com.INVALID>: >> >> Current POI version is 5.2.5. So I presume the idea is to release a POI 6 >> with Java 11 only support. I'm -1 on this. I don't see any great advantage >> in only supporting Java 11. Java 8 is still widely supported by vendors. >> >> https://endoflife.date/oracle-jdk says 6 more years of Java 8. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Saturday 3 February 2024 at 22:04:26 GMT+1, Axel Howind <a...@dua3.com> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> Hi, >> >> for whatever reason I cannot reach both the Nabble and MarkMail archives to >> check if this has been discussed before, but I think it would be a good idea >> to bump the minimum Java version for POI 5 to 11. I’d also be ok (or rather >> like) 17. What do you think? >> >> Cheers, >> Axel >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@poi.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@poi.apache.org >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@poi.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@poi.apache.org >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@poi.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@poi.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@poi.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@poi.apache.org
