RE: Suggestion to Update Java Version

2015-06-19 Thread Gary O'Neall
PM To: 'Yev Bronshteyn'; 'Ryan O'Meara' Cc: 'spdx-tech@lists.spdx.org' Subject: RE: Suggestion to Update Java Version I like the idea of moving to 1.7 - only concern is compatibility for existing users. I would propose that if no one objects due to compatibility or other concerns within

Suggestion to Update Java Version

2015-06-18 Thread Ryan O'Meara
Hi all, I have been making pull requests to the SPDX tools library via GitHub, and I noticed that the tools still use Java 1.6. I was wondering if we could consider updating to Java 1.7 - Oracle officially dropped support for Java 1.6 a long time ago, and is actually in the process of dropping

Re: Suggestion to Update Java Version

2015-06-18 Thread Yev Bronshteyn
Given that the 2.0 tooling already requires significant code changes from the user, moving to one-before-current platform seems reasonable. I would argue it makes more sense to do it sooner rather than later, when the update has increased. On Jun 18, 2015, at 10:53 AM, Ryan O'Meara

RE: Suggestion to Update Java Version

2015-06-18 Thread Gary O'Neall
...@lists.spdx.org] On Behalf Of Yev Bronshteyn Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2015 8:11 AM To: Ryan O'Meara Cc: spdx-tech@lists.spdx.org Subject: Re: Suggestion to Update Java Version Given that the 2.0 tooling already requires significant code changes from the user, moving to one-before-current