No problem, we are on Java 7 for quite some time. I would not even object to Java 8 for the client side only, but I guess that can wait for 3.0. GWT/GUI development is really screaming for lambda's with all the event handling and async callbacks.
On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 6:23 AM, Mohammed <[email protected]> wrote: > I think its fine we require Java 7 for GWT 2.7 > > On Thursday, September 11, 2014 11:20:53 PM UTC+5:30, Daniel Kurka wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> while bringing GSS support into GWT, I discovered that the closure >> styleheets compiler actually requires Java7. >> This means that we either have to do a back port of the compiler (I >> haven't looked at it seriously) or require Java7 for development with GWT >> (probably only if you are using CssResource). >> >> I really like your input on this and if I do not hear any strong >> objections, I will go ahead with using the Java7 version of closure >> stylesheets and thus we will require Java7 for GWT development. >> >> Note: This does not impact deployment of any GWT apps. You can still run >> a GWT app on a Java6 container, this will only affect developers on their >> machines. >> >> -Daniel >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GWT Contributors" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/google-web-toolkit-contributors/904f4a86-630c-4d15-bf39-3b146f3db462%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/google-web-toolkit-contributors/904f4a86-630c-4d15-bf39-3b146f3db462%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GWT Contributors" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/google-web-toolkit-contributors/CABrJHW2mx%3DbAv%3DFbhg-HkZfydFVTJgXcPLSfaPd-%2BooPKfYeBQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
