+1 to switch to Java 8 for GeoTools 15 (unless a dev or user has a compelling objection).
On 23/08/15 01:10, Andrea Aime wrote: > Hi, > I was wondering, when do you think we should switch the whole project to > Java 8 as the minimum? > > Java 7 has reached end of life in May 2015, in other words, there has not > been any release > in the last 3 months. > > Shall we switch to Java 8 for GeoTools 15? I believe all security conscious > users will > have switched to Java 8 by March 2016. > I guess we should also check on the GeoServer users mailing list, checking > the waters for > an upgrade. > > One annoying bit is that we'll loose the OSX support on Travis... there is > no Java 8 supported > for that platform on the Travis build servers :-( > https://github.com/travis-ci/travis-ci/issues/4514 > > Cheers > Andrea > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > GeoTools-Devel mailing list > GeoTools-Devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-devel > -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ GeoTools-Devel mailing list GeoTools-Devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-devel
