[DISCUSS] All new (non-patch) releases of Maven Core after 30th Sep 2013 to require Java 6+

2013-07-23 Thread Stephen Connolly
On 23 July 2013 15:29, Lennart Jörelid lennart.jore...@gmail.com wrote: +1000 which is a rather odd number for a vote; blame Stephen instead of me. :) I think we can skip the 1.6 release of the JDK as a Maven basis; JDK 1.6 is at or near EOL and the step from one minimum JDK version

Re: [DISCUSS] All new (non-patch) releases of Maven Core after 30th Sep 2013 to require Java 6+

2013-07-23 Thread Fred Cooke
BIG +1 for 6, and small -1 for 7 for my own selfish reasons. The old versions will always be available, and are forkable for anyone that needs a fix, hence small -1 and not crying and moaning. On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 4:51 PM, Stephen Connolly stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com wrote: On 23 July