On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 4:32 AM, Arnaud Héritier <aherit...@gmail.com> wrote: > Why do we use Java 8 for CI ? > Java 7 is the oldest version we are supporting
The build already uses `-target 7` and runs Animal Sniffer to prevent (accidental) use of Java 8+ APIs. 8 drops the PermGen, which in my experience makes it much easier to keep functional tests running on CI. So the only real question is about test coverage of behavioral differences between 7 and 8. If we run CI tests on one, then we lose coverage for the other. We *allow* Jenkins to be run on 7 but *recommend* 8, so it is better to test on 8, the platform we expect most users to run. Now having a daily or weekly CI job to rerun core (and, for that matter, plugin and ATH) tests on 7 would be great, to catch regressions. While we are it, we should run the tests on a UNC share in Windows Server 2008, and try to make them break. -- 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 jenkinsci-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/CANfRfr1Fwr1L%2BjcKF2hnj3v%3DiPCUuPNiBQBqpteyi3JuAr83Qg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
