On Sep 21, 2013, at 7:23, Oleg Kalnichevski <ol...@apache.org> wrote:
> On Fri, 2013-09-20 at 21:28 +0100, sebb wrote: >> On 16 September 2013 13:02, Oleg Kalnichevski <ol...@apache.org> wrote: >>> Folks, >>> >>> Java 1.5 compatibility has become increasing difficult to maintain and >>> increasing pointless on top of that. We, as a project, have been >>> thinking about upgrading minimal JRE level requirement for the >>> HttpClient 4.4 branch to something newer. While Java 1.6 might be a >>> reasonable and a conservative choice in terms of stability and adoption, >>> it actually brings little in terms of new features we could make use of >>> in HttpClient. Besides, Java 1.6 is officially end of life. So, we might >>> as well consider upgrading to Java 1.7 which would give us NIO2, full >>> support for 'try with resources', and probably some other features. >>> >>> Please let us know what you think and respond to this poll. >>> >>> All users of HttpClient are encouraged to participate. Every vote will >>> count. >>> > > This is actually a pretty good point. I completely forgot Android was > still at 1.6 level. So what? We are at Google's mercy? Who knows when A will support Java 7 or 8 if ever. Gary > > [X] upgrade to Java 1.6: one step at a time > > Oleg > >>> ------------------- >>> [ ] keep Java 1.5 compatibility: no good reason to upgrade. >>> [X] upgrade to Java 1.6: one step at a time. >> >> This potentially allows HC to be used with Android code. >> >>> [ ] upgrade to Java 1.7: new features are more important. >>> ------------------- >>> >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: httpclient-users-unsubscr...@hc.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: httpclient-users-h...@hc.apache.org >>> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: httpclient-users-unsubscr...@hc.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: httpclient-users-h...@hc.apache.org >> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: httpclient-users-unsubscr...@hc.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: httpclient-users-h...@hc.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: httpclient-users-unsubscr...@hc.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: httpclient-users-h...@hc.apache.org
