+1 for java 1.7 +10 for java 1.8 Java 1.8 would be perfect. Even if we won't implement Java EE 8 in any time soon, using Java 8 in Java AA applications would make some happy users. :)
[]s, Thiago. On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 2:36 AM, Romain Manni-Bucau <[email protected]>wrote: > 1. -> dont see any major features actually, which ones are you thiking > about? (just to make it clear) > Romain Manni-Bucau > Twitter: @rmannibucau > Blog: http://rmannibucau.wordpress.com/ > LinkedIn: http://fr.linkedin.com/in/rmannibucau > Github: https://github.com/rmannibucau > > > > 2014-04-01 8:06 GMT+02:00 Jean-Louis MONTEIRO <[email protected]>: > > I would say +1 for 1.7.0 in any case. > > And I would do in 2 steps: > > > > 1. release the trunk as it's today. Very stable and a huge amount of > fixes > > and some important refactoring and add ons. Requires a 1.7.0 by itself > and > > not only a 1.6.1. > > 2. upgrade to asm5 during the next 2 weeks and gather as many feedback as > > possible on 1.7.0. We can then just push a 1.8.0 > > > > Right after that, we can focus on 2.0 to support java ee 7 on a new > branch. > > And stay with 1.x on release maintenance stage. > > > > We could at least maintain 1.7 and 1.! cause the code base is almost the > > same. Only all deps (openjpa, owb, xbean, etc) changed to support java 8. > > > > > > > > 2014-04-01 7:02 GMT+02:00 Romain Manni-Bucau <[email protected]>: > > > >> Id say +1...when well get asm5 (in progress see next lines). So just > wait > >> few days and we upgrade once we support it to say consistent. > >> > >> About asm xbean vote is in progress, owb is using the snapshot but > already > >> java5, openjpa has a patch for it and just wait it to be applied and our > >> code will be updated pretty quickly so just need time. > >> Le 1 avr. 2014 04:03, "David Blevins" <[email protected]> a > écrit : > >> > >> > Romain had pinged me offline about the idea of upgrading our ASM > >> > dependencies to v5 so we could support Java 8 (code compiled in Java 8 > >> > can't be read by ASM v4 or earlier). > >> > > >> > This combined with the Mojarra and EclipseLink / Plume distribution > seem > >> > like good features for a 1.7.0 > >> > > >> > We also have the quartz repackaging we did which are not quite "minor" > >> > patch changes. > >> > > >> > Any thoughts on updating the trunk version to 1.7? > >> > > >> > > >> > -David > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Jean-Louis >
