With reference to following response is it possible to declare GWT2.8.2 is supported with Java 10 or Java 11 in 2.8.2 release notes <http://www.gwtproject.org/release-notes.html#Release_Notes_2_8_2>?
On Wednesday, 5 September 2018 15:27:34 UTC+5:30, Thomas Broyer wrote: > > Replying to everyone in one go. > > On Wednesday, September 5, 2018 at 9:12:38 AM UTC+2, Josselin B. wrote: >> >> Hi Jens, >> >> Any idea for a release date of GWT 2.x ? >> > > No. You can follow advancement at > https://github.com/gwtproject/gwt/milestone/19 (it doesn't move much > though…) > For now, it didn't seem urgent to release a 2.9, as 2.8.2 works great for > 99.9% of people. > > >> Will it add better support for java interface default functions ? >> > > What do you mean? > I can't remember issues related to interface default methods (lambdas and > method references, sure, but not interface default methods) > > >> Le mer. 5 sept. 2018 à 09:07, Jens <[email protected] <javascript:>> >> a écrit : >> >>> GWT 2.x will not drop JSNI anytime soon, only GWT 3 will as it uses a >>> different Java -> JavaScript compiler internally. And yes there is really >>> no timeline for GWT 3 as most work is done by contributors in free time. >>> Currently we are trying to migrate GWT 2.x SDK code so it will become GWT 3 >>> compatible with mostly no breaking changes. This process happens on Github >>> and you can see a list of projects being converted here: >>> ci.vertispan.com . Also some people are working on build plugins to >>> provide a better experience out of the box. >>> >>> GWT 2.x SNAPSHOT already supports Java 10 syntax, however no Java 9 + 10 >>> API additions have been emulated yet in GWT SDK, so you can not use new >>> Optional methods and such things. Also some Java 8 APIs are still missing. >>> >>> The only syntax addition of Java 11 is using 'var' for lambda >>> parameters. GWT depends on Eclipse JDT stable release in order to support >>> new syntax features. If you don't use that feature then you should probably >>> be able to run current GWT with Java 11, haven't tried it though. Never >>> used OpenJDK with GWT but I can't think of a reason why it should not work. >>> >> > I (almost) exclusively use OpenJDK, and never had any problem. > Also, OpenJDK 11 and Oracle JDK 11 will (finally) be functionally the > same, so if GWT works with Oracle JDK 11, it *will* work with OpenJDK 11. > > GWT 2.8.2 works with OpenJDK 10 and Oracle JDK 10 already, and while I > haven't tested I see no reason it wouldn't work with JDK 11 (the big change > was Jigsaw/JPMS in JDK 9). > > Fwiw, my plan (personal and at work, not for GWT proper) is staying on > OpenJDK 8 for a little while (switching from Oracle JDK 8 to OpenJDK 8 if > needed). It looks like there will be many OpenJDK packages with LTS support > (most Linux distros, AdoptOpenJDK, Zulu) so I may switch to OpenJDK 11 at > some point, but I bet it won't be before a year… (first and foremost, our > customers clearly aren't ready; some are only just switching off of Java 7 > …up to Java 8) > -- 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.
