Update already. Those in bizarre AIX, zOS and HPUX universes can continue to use older Jenkins versions.
On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 1:29 PM, Baptiste Mathus <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey folks, > > As we've been discussing that again on IRC recently, we thought it might > be a good time to discuss that subject again. Latest thread about that I > could find is already 18+ months old > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer#!msg/jenkinsci-dev/sw_WepGw0Pk/E-J3oCm50o8J> > . > > In the meantime, Java 7 has now long been EOLed since mid 2015 (see > https://java.com/en/download/faq/java_7.xml for details). > > Also, many if not all of us very often advise users to just use Java 8 > everytime they can to run Jenkins. We use it to build Jenkins (though > generating 7 bytecode). > > Not EOLed, removed PermGen, Lambdas, Default Methods, etc., many reasons > to update to JDK 8 from the Ops and Dev perspectives. > > IMO, it's time to move on. Jenkins can very easily use another JDK version > for builds, so I don't think there're compelling reasons to keep supporting > Java 7. > > The common argument that "big" companies won't then be able to use Jenkins > anymore just does not hold IMO for at least two reasons: we know some very > big shops just using Jenkins with Java 8 without any issue, and the most > conservative companies are anyway, as always, probably still running > already (very) old versions of Jenkins. They will just catch that train > later. > > WDYT? > > -- Baptiste > > -- > 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]. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/jenkinsci-dev/CANWgJS6%3D23HQ%3DmhRxxvzkWPba%2BpanO_ > fUGR90Y58Fvvax1aciA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/CANWgJS6%3D23HQ%3DmhRxxvzkWPba%2BpanO_fUGR90Y58Fvvax1aciA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/CAPYP83RdC_Tnjqg7FfmJOkj2PmUFv3PG6uK%3DLOWBEyxvL%2BFMDA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
