Is there any chance to include this fix into 2.8 RC1 https://gwt-review.googlesource.com/#/c/12990/ This fix is tiny and simple, but prevents a lot of annoyance in my project.
On Wednesday, October 28, 2015 at 11:28:51 AM UTC-7, Goktug Gokdogan wrote: > > > > On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 8:25 AM, Thomas Broyer <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> >> >> On Wednesday, October 28, 2015 at 4:01:00 PM UTC+1, Jens wrote: >>> >>> >>> The thing is, there's always a level of paranoia about GWT's impending >>>> doom and apparent lack of activity shown in the gwt users group, and a >>>> release coming at an unknown time helps to fuel that paranoia. >>>> >>> >>> Maybe we should post everything in >>> https://groups.google.com/a/gwtproject.org/forum/#!forum/gwt-reviews >>> also to the gwt users group to defeat that paranoia once and for all. You >>> would never run short on activity then ;-) >>> >>> >>> That being said I think its fine to have RC builds even with that memory >>> issue to get people test the RC. But the final release of 2.8 should have a >>> fixed JDT to make sure everyone can use it. I am pretty sure there are >>> quite some people who simply can not increase their heap by 50-100%. >>> >> >> Will those people switch to Java 8 at the same time they upgrade to GWT >> 2.8? I doubt it. >> If (as I understand it) the leak only happens when using "-sourceLevel >> 8", then I'm fine with a 2.8.0 without waiting for the fix (but a big bold >> warning in the release notes), and a 2.8.1 as soon as the fix is available. >> > > People will not be able to use '-sourceLevel 7" once the JRE patches for > java 8 starts getting submitted. > So the idea was to default to -sourceLevel 8. This is ok because what > version GWT used to compile source doesn't effect their code so most people > wouldn't have noticed it (if there wasn't a memory issue). > > > >> -- >> 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] >> <javascript:>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/google-web-toolkit-contributors/9b8e5adf-6a64-4e4f-b44c-d649f6d5fb58%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/google-web-toolkit-contributors/9b8e5adf-6a64-4e4f-b44c-d649f6d5fb58%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/a4111a08-33b2-409d-a59c-022e5ca83c05%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
