Re: [Proposal] Switch to Java 8

2018-01-19 Thread Vlad Rozov
There is difference between intention and how it works in reality. With large number of dependencies used by Apex, I won't be surprised that some of them use "sun" packages removed in Java 9. Thank you, Vlad On 1/19/18 13:55, Pramod Immaneni wrote: Thought you were suggesting to start using

Re: [Proposal] Switch to Java 8

2018-01-19 Thread Pramod Immaneni
Thought you were suggesting to start using some java 9 features in the code.. otherwise wouldn’t something built with java 8 automatically work with java 9. > On Jan 19, 2018, at 1:29 PM, Vlad Rozov wrote: > > Yes, support for Java 9 does not mean that support for Java 8 is dropped. > > Thank

Re: [Proposal] Switch to Java 8

2018-01-19 Thread Vlad Rozov
Yes, support for Java 9 does not mean that support for Java 8 is dropped. Thank you, Vlad On 1/19/18 11:36, Sanjay Pujare wrote: Are they mutually exclusive? Otherwise "start supporting Java 9" doesn't have to imply stopping Java 8 support. I think Vlad implied supporting both. Sanjay On Fri

Re: [Proposal] Switch to Java 8

2018-01-19 Thread Sanjay Pujare
Are they mutually exclusive? Otherwise "start supporting Java 9" doesn't have to imply stopping Java 8 support. I think Vlad implied supporting both. Sanjay On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 10:56 AM, Pramod Immaneni wrote: > Java 9 will shut people out as 8 is not yet eol. The majority of the > installa

Re: [Proposal] Switch to Java 8

2018-01-19 Thread Pramod Immaneni
Java 9 will shut people out as 8 is not yet eol. The majority of the installations I have seen are running 8 and people are moving from 7 to 8. Other projects in our space are also moving to 8. > On Jan 19, 2018, at 8:31 AM, Vlad Rozov wrote: > > +1. It will be good to start supporting Java 9

Re: [Proposal] Switch to Java 8

2018-01-19 Thread Vlad Rozov
+1. It will be good to start supporting Java 9. Thank you, Vlad On 1/18/18 11:01, Hitesh Kapoor wrote: +1. --Hitesh On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 12:28 AM, Ananth G wrote: Hello All, I was wondering if we can consider making java 8 as the minimum supported idk version going forward. Since Ape

Re: [Proposal] Switch to Java 8

2018-01-18 Thread Hitesh Kapoor
+1. --Hitesh On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 12:28 AM, Ananth G wrote: > Hello All, > > I was wondering if we can consider making java 8 as the minimum supported > idk version going forward. > > Since Apex core is moving to the next release cycle, perhaps we consider > this ? My assumption is that the