Re: [DISCUSS] Set minimum JDK version to 1.5 for Cocoon 2.1

2016-10-11 Thread Francesco Chicchiriccò
On 10/10/2016 19:28, Antonio Gallardo wrote: Hi folks, +1 for 1.5. If in the future we have the need to move to a more recent version (ie: because a patch), then we should discuss it. Hi, we *are* discussing exactly that. At the moment we have a couple of patches on hold, for COCOON-2354

Re: [DISCUSS] Set minimum JDK version to 1.5 for Cocoon 2.1

2016-10-10 Thread Antonio Gallardo
Hi folks, +1 for 1.5. If in the future we have the need to move to a more recent version (ie: because a patch), then we should discuss it. Best Regards, Antonio Gallardo. On 07/10/16 03:46, Francesco Chicchiriccò wrote: > Hi all, > as recently noticed during the (unfortunately rejected) patch

Re: [DISCUSS] Set minimum JDK version to 1.5 for Cocoon 2.1

2016-10-10 Thread Francesco Chicchiriccò
FYI, another applied patch that we should reject instead, because it requires 1.5: https://builds.apache.org/job/Cocoon%202.1.X/111/console On 08/10/2016 13:14, Francesco Chicchiriccò wrote: Wow, did not expect this... To be clear, are you proposing to move to 1.8 the binary AND source

Re: [DISCUSS] Set minimum JDK version to 1.5 for Cocoon 2.1

2016-10-08 Thread Francesco Chicchiriccò
Wow, did not expect this... To be clear, are you proposing to move to 1.8 the binary AND source compatibility? Even wilder: how would you see moving the 2_1_X branch to GIT with github integration, thus allowing us accepting pull requests? We'll definitely need some help here... Regards. Il 8

Re: [DISCUSS] Set minimum JDK version to 1.5 for Cocoon 2.1

2016-10-07 Thread David Crossley
I agree. It should also enable better participation at both Cocoon and at Apache Forrest. There were also many supporting products that could then be updated. Lets go to 8. -David Insight 49 wrote: > +1, and I strongly agree with Alfred. > > Cocoon 2.1 is a good stable platform, but doesn't

Re: [DISCUSS] Set minimum JDK version to 1.5 for Cocoon 2.1

2016-10-07 Thread Insight 49
+1, and I strongly agree with Alfred. Cocoon 2.1 is a good stable platform, but doesn't encourage new participation, partly I suspect, because many people and businesses run Java 8 or 7 (as you know, you get all kinds of build errors when trying to build cocoon using those Java versions). If we

RE: [DISCUSS] Set minimum JDK version to 1.5 for Cocoon 2.1

2016-10-07 Thread Nathaniel, Alfred
+1 but I would go straight to 6, 7, or even 8. Past experience is that it is a real nuisance trying to support an ancient JDK no developer is actually using anymore. Cheers, Alfred. -Original Message- From: Francesco Chicchiriccò [mailto:ilgro...@apache.org] Sent: Freitag, 7. Oktober