Re: [equinox-dev] Equinox Framework moving up to Java 7

2016-09-28 Thread Lars Vogel
+1 for Java 7 and +2 for Java 8 ;-) Am 28.09.2016 4:11 nachm. schrieb "Thomas Watson" : Equinox is used in many environments where there is very long-term support for older Java levels. So far I have needed to keep the Equinox Framework at a Java 6 level to be able to use

[equinox-dev] Announcing the Release of Eclipse (4.6.1) and Equinox (Neon.1)

2016-09-28 Thread Sravan K Lakkimsetti
Hi Everyone, We are pleased to announce that Neon.1 is available for download and updates. The bits are obtainable from the URLs below, but you can also read about it in the New and Noteworthy document for this release. If you are interested in some technical details, please see the Eclipse

[equinox-dev] Equinox Framework moving up to Java 7

2016-09-28 Thread Thomas Watson
Equinox is used in many environments where there is very long-term support for older Java levels. So far I have needed to keep the Equinox Framework at a Java 6 level to be able to use the latest versions in these environments. Unfortunately Java 6 is getting harder and harder to support

Re: [equinox-dev] Support for Declarative Services 1.3 (OSGi release 6)

2016-09-28 Thread Thomas Watson
For Oxygen I plan to replace the Equinox DS implementation with the Felix DS (SCR) implementation. See https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=501950 Tom From: Todor Boev To: equinox-dev@eclipse.org Date: 09/28/2016 07:31 AM Subject:[equinox-dev]

[equinox-dev] Support for Declarative Services 1.3 (OSGi release 6)

2016-09-28 Thread Todor Boev
Hello, It seems that the equinox DS bundle currently does not support OSGi release 6 standard (DS 1.3). Are there any plans to upgrade? In particular I am interested in support for "Component property Types" (OSGi enterprise 6, 112.8.2, page 216) Regards