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 <m...@batmat.net> 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 jenkinsci-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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 jenkinsci-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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.
