I misunderstood. I assumed that GWT and J2CL were basically the same thing (or that GWT would be renamed J2CL!
On Monday, 9 May 2016 17:30:45 UTC+1, Michael Zhou wrote: > > Google is definitely interested in Java 8 emulation, but most efforts are > being spent on J2CL, which goes from Java 8 -> Closure-style ES6. > > On Sunday, May 8, 2016 at 4:53:17 PM UTC-4, steve Zara wrote: >> >> Thank you - it does highlight where help can be given. I'm really >> surprised at the situation with Java 8 emulation - is this something that >> Google is just not interested in? It seems odd given their description of >> Java technologies that give them cross-platform development: Android JDK, >> GWT, and j2objc, especially now that Google are soon to provide Java 8 >> support for Android. Ah well. >> >> On Sunday, 8 May 2016, Jens <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Is there anything that can be done to assist with progress? Is there a >>>> problem with lack of interest in GWT from, say, Google? Does GWT 2.8 >>>> involve too many features when compared to 2.7? Is there a lack of >>>> developers working on GWT? Are more testers needed? >>> >>> >>> Basically it has been decided to ship Java 8 API support with GWT 2.8 >>> and to make sure it works with the next Guava release which will require >>> Java 8 APIs. If we don't do this then next Guava release would need to drop >>> GWT support, which is bad. >>> >>> Currently some dependencies of stream support are in the review process, >>> and stream support itself has already been implemented but not yet pushed >>> to review. Also it seems like we need to fix some compatibility issues of >>> our emulation with future Guava. >>> Google developers do not work on Java 8 API emulation so GWT relies on >>> contributions. Three people (including me) have worked on it in the past >>> but of course we only do it in our spare time. >>> >>> You can also read some comments here: >>> https://plus.google.com/104553077953666769660/posts/fb5HehBxHdC >>> >>> You can help review Java 8 related contributions on Gerrit as most >>> "easy" Java 8 emulations have already been covered. What nobody has touched >>> yet is java.util.Base64 (pretty easy though), CompletableFuture >>> (discussable but we think its useful and can be emulated using native >>> Promises or a fallback impl) and of course java.time (generally doable but >>> a bit more work). >>> >>> -- J. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >>> Google Groups "GWT Users" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/google-web-toolkit/4ISY79wAq04/unsubscribe >>> . >>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>> [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> . >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GWT Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
