+1 for java7 for now. I think there is not much we cannot do with java7 neither.
LieGrue, strub > On Friday, 28 November 2014, 18:38, Romain Manni-Bucau > <[email protected]> wrote: > > 2014-11-28 18:24 GMT+01:00 Andres Almiray <[email protected]>: >> AFAIK JDK8 should be the baseline as it can *force* the hand for adoption, >> yes, this is desired. >> Otherwise we'll be stuck in JDK7 or even worse, JDK6. >> > > well my humble opinion is that is we stick to java 8 we'll not be > adapted by other projects before few years (and surely for an > important enterprise projects as well) > >> JDK8 also opens the door for additional design features such as >> >> - static methods on interfaces > > Not a blocker IMO > >> - default methods > > IMO we shouldn't use it in the API - means it is not good enough or > too complicated or not correctly "layered" - and for the impl not a > bloker neither > >> - repeatable annotations > > Does it change anything for us (api/impl)? As a user I see but java 7 > would support it as well. > >> - usage of Optional > > Good one > > > Excepted last one we can surely handle by very few reflection I see no > blocker to support java 7. Moving is slow and enough libs didnt move > yet to consider it IMHO (why I started this thread) > > >> >> Cheers, >> Andres >> >> ------------------------------------------- >> Java Champion; Groovy Enthusiast >> http://jroller.com/aalmiray >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/aalmiray >> -- >> What goes up, must come down. Ask any system administrator. >> There are 10 types of people in the world: Those who understand binary, and >> those who don't. >> To understand recursion, we must first understand recursion. >> >> On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 6:19 PM, Romain Manni-Bucau > <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi guys, >>> >>> just checkouted sources and seems project targets java 8. Don't we >>> want to support java 7 as well? Otherwise it can be a blocker for >>> adaption I think >>> >>> >>> Romain Manni-Bucau >>> @rmannibucau >>> http://www.tomitribe.com >>> http://rmannibucau.wordpress.com >>> https://github.com/rmannibucau >>> >
