Slippery slope... How can we grease is some more (roll on JDK 8 as min runtime)
On Friday, 1 August 2014, Kohsuke Kawaguchi <[email protected]> wrote: > > +1 for moving up to Java7 as a build requirement. I don't see any problem. > > (Just to avoid confusion, the runtime requirement will remain Java6+. We > are just talking about the build requirement.) > > On 07/31/2014 06:56 AM, Jesse Glick wrote: > >> Are people still building Jenkins core using JDK 6? I ask because it >> would be helpful to be able to assume 7+: >> >> · We could make use of 7+ APIs, especially java.nio.file.*, without >> using reflection (just guarding usage via @IgnoreJRERequirement and >> catching NoClassDefFoundError or the like). >> · http://findbugs.sourceforge.net/ 3.0.0 *allows* building with JDK 8 >> (otherwise you get errors running FB analysis) but *requires* building >> with at least 7. >> >> Of course the same considerations might apply to plugin builds. >> >> > > -- > Kohsuke Kawaguchi http://kohsuke.org/ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Jenkins Developers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Sent from my phone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jenkins Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
