Well, this thread is mostly IMO to see the trend/opinions to do it. We have not defined a timeline: we could probably for example issue a notice on the website that we'll do it on the first version of 2017, and then the next associated LTS after that date?
That would still give a few more time to people who are still running Jenkins on Java 7 to upgrade. And one or two more LTS with Java 7 (didn't check what the dates would give) in the meantime. 2016-10-13 17:25 GMT+02:00 Robert Sandell <[email protected]>: > I'm for it, > But didn't we discuss a new "deprecation policy" in the beginning of the > Jenkins 2 planning, or did I dream that? > I'm mostly thinking of the rollout of this, many installations seems to > have just dared to start thinking about upgrading to Jenkins 2, perhaps we > shouldn't throw a Java upgrade in their face after just two LTS releases? > Or maybe two is enough? > > /B > > On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 5:09 PM, Nigel Magnay <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> 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/ms >>> gid/jenkinsci-dev/CANWgJS6%3D23HQ%3DmhRxxvzkWPba%2BpanO_fUGR >>> 90Y58Fvvax1aciA%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/ms >> gid/jenkinsci-dev/CAPYP83RdC_Tnjqg7FfmJOkj2PmUFv3PG6uK%3DLOW >> BEyxvL%2BFMDA%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/CAPYP83RdC_Tnjqg7FfmJOkj2PmUFv3PG6uK%3DLOWBEyxvL%2BFMDA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Robert Sandell > *Software Engineer* > *CloudBees Inc.* > > -- > 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/CALzHZS2sCbPqNvTQqNp7YkZYJN7fu > 2j4Sz2MuwyMn7ftw6YgeA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/CALzHZS2sCbPqNvTQqNp7YkZYJN7fu2j4Sz2MuwyMn7ftw6YgeA%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/CANWgJS7VjXExsqq9u7DyFB7jPMf4iZERHCGZWSKChKeELFi6gQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
