Should we change version numbers when Java 6 is dropped?
On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 6:52 PM, Rob Vesse <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes I can call a vote, what I will likely propose is that we do one more > release that is Java 6 and then drop Java 6 support for subsequent releases > > Rob > > On 19/04/2014 09:11, "Andy Seaborne" <[email protected]> wrote: > > >Rob, > > > >Do you want to call a VOTE on this? > > > >Then Jena 2.12.0? > > > > Andy > > > >On 31/03/14 11:36, Andy Seaborne wrote: > >> On 31/03/14 10:34, Rob Vesse wrote: > >>> Hi All > >>> > >>> Andy raised an interesting point recently that historically the Jena > >>> project > >>> has only guaranteed to maintain compatibility with the 2 most recent > >>> versions of Java. As of the recent Java 8 release this means that > >>> Java 6 is > >>> technically now outside of the range of versions that we intend to > >>> maintain > >>> compatibility with. > >>> > >>> Dropping of Java 6 support is not going to happen overnight so this > >>> email is > >>> intended to serve as advance notice that this will happen at some > >>> point in > >>> the future and to request feedback on this. Note that it is likely > >>> that in > >>> the short term code will remain Java 6 compatible and so a workaround > >>> after > >>> Java 6 support is dropped will be to build from source yourself > >>> > >>> Are there people out there who are currently reliant on Java 6 and > >>>cannot > >>> move to Java 7/8 for whatever reason? If so what sort of timescale > >>>would > >>> you consider reasonable for dropping Java 6 support? > >>> > >>> Thanks for your feedback, > >>> > >>> Rob > >> > >> This whole version thing is a bit of wobbly tower of choices from the > >> top down. > >> > >> Fuseki2 requires Java7 because the version of Jetty (v9) it uses for the > >> standalone server requires Java7 (which in turn is because the version > >> of the servletAPI is "Servlet 3.0+"). > >> > >> As it is Java7, there is use of "Files" and "Path" which are quite > >>useful. > >> > >> It does not oblige the Jena libraries to be Java7. > >> > >> Andy > >> > > > > > > > -- I like: Like Like - The likeliest place on the web<http://like-like.xenei.com> LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/claudewarren
