May I suggest (given the ODE-1.3.x branch not being jdk 8 compatible) to leave branch 1.3.x as is, and create a new branch (1.4?) to have that become fully jdk 8 compatible.... Both code and annotation wise.
That would help sending a clear message to both community and potential adopters. Best regards, Pierre Smits *OFBiz Extensions Marketplace* http://oem.ofbizci.net/oci-2/ On Sat, Nov 28, 2015 at 10:52 AM, Sathwik B P <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi pierre, > I am doing good. Thank you. > How's business process discussion going on. If you need us let us know. > > Moving to higher jdk has been sitting from long time. The reason i have > brought this issue is because of the use of legacy Annotations Api which > has been removed in jdk 8. > > ODE source code current release branch ODE-1.3.x is non compilable on jdk > 8. > > The new Annotation Api is available in jdk 1.6,1.7 > > TRUNK branch is compilable on jdk 8 as as we have a completly new Jacob > implementation. > > I would prefer jdk 8 as the baselining for 1.3.7 release. Will wait for > responses from the commmunity > On Nov 28, 2015 4:49 AM, "Tammo van Lessen" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > +1 for moving to JDK 7 (although its also already EOL), so JDK 8 would > also > > be an option if nobody objects. > > > > On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 7:57 AM, Sathwik B P <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Hi All, > > > > > > This is a proposal to move towards minimum compliance to JDK 1.6 or 1.7 > > > from existing JDK 1.5 for ODE 1.3.7 RELEASE. > > > > > > Is there anyone still on JDK 5 or 6? Let us know if there are any > > concerns. > > > > > > regards, > > > sathwik > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Tammo van Lessen - http://www.taval.de > > >
