I will take a slightly softer stance, saying I do not mind if we add java 7
specific examples, such as try-with-resource.
So minimum Java6, ensure the library compiles and works on Java 7, and start to
encourage Java 7 use in the documentation.
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Jody Garnett
On 08/08/2013, at 11:58 PM, Justin Deoliveira <jdeol...@opengeo.org> wrote:
> My thought is that it would be premature regardless of java 6 eol. As long as
> there are deployments out there using java 6, and i know for certain that
> there are many, java 6 is still relevant. To me the new APIs in java 7 aren't
> worth forcing users to upgrade. Then again perhaps it is time for another
> poll.
>
> As Andrea says upping the java runtime requirement is different than
> officially supporting it. Ideally rather than just jump right to making jdk7
> the minimum requirement we would have a full branch lifecycle it as
> supported. And then potentially talk about upping the minimum requirement.
> Next step in that regard would be getting stable jdk7 build infrastructure in
> place. Andrea proposed we set up something with travisci and I second that.
> I'll see if i can put some cycles into helping out with that.
>
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 7:03 AM, Andrea Aime <andrea.a...@geo-solutions.it>
> wrote:
>> On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 3:01 PM, Brett Walker <brett.wal...@geometryit.com>
>> wrote:
>>> Hi Andrea & Jody,
>>>
>>> I was reading GEOT-4400. Again Java 7 was mentioned. GEOT-4532 also
>>> mentions Java 7.
>>>
>>> Can I add that Java 8 will be released around March 2014.
>>>
>>> Java 6 is sounding a little ancient.
>>
>> That said, major java frameworks are still supporting java 6 (Spring,
>> Hibernate and so on).
>> Or not?
>>
>>>
>>> +1 for moving to Java 7 in GeoTools 11
>>
>> There is a difference between having java 7 as the minimum, and officially
>> support it.
>> I'd like to go for the second if possible, but also hear the GeoTools and
>> GeoServer communities
>> before taking any decision.
>> How many users are we going to lose because of the switch?
>>
>> Cheers
>> Andrea
>>
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