TomEE uses trunk builds. 2.3.x is not really used anymore. Guess we should really establish a more feature driven release policy. Currently it is really product driven. This is fine for 2.2.x but I think this doesn’t scale well for future releases.
LieGrue, strub > Am 10.03.2015 um 14:40 schrieb Rick Curtis <curti...@gmail.com>: > > I don't think my previous comment was entirely correct. > >> OpenJPA 2.3.x and trunk should be functional with java8, but I don't > think you can build OpenJPA with java8. > Java 8 works with 2.2.x and trunk. I can't say for certain about the 2.3.x > branch... that is maintained by the TomEE folks and I can't recall which > changes they did / didn't pull in to support Java 8. > > Thanks, > Rick > > On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 3:31 AM, Henno Vermeulen <he...@huizemolenaar.nl> > wrote: > >> Hal Hildebrand wrote: >>> I can certainly confirm that OpenJPA runs on java 8. And even >>> compiles when using source 1.7, target 1.7. >> >> Thank you Hal, that is some very useful information! It gives a solution >> to possible future security issues due to using an outdated VM. >> >> (I already tried using the released version 2.3.0 of OpenJPA with Java 8. >> Compiling works ok but enhancing the entities failed with some error >> message.) >> >> Henno >> >> >> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- >> Van: Rick Curtis [mailto:curti...@gmail.com] >> Verzonden: maandag 9 maart 2015 19:30 >> Aan: users >> Onderwerp: Re: Java 8/Java 7 end of life >> >> Hal - >> >> What are you seeing for problems? We've done some amount of testing Entity >> enhancement when using java 8 language features. >> >> Thanks, >> Rick >> >> On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 10:46 AM, Hal Hildebrand <hal.hildebr...@me.com> >> wrote: >> >>> No. >>> >>>> On Mar 9, 2015, at 8:44 AM, Boblitz John <john.bobl...@bertschi.com> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> Does the Byte Code Enhancement work when compiled for 1.8? >>>> >>>> Thanks & Regards, >>>> >>>> John Boblitz >>>> >>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: Hal Hildebrand [mailto:hal.hildebr...@me.com] >>>>> Sent: Montag, 9. März 2015 16:21 >>>>> To: users@openjpa.apache.org >>>>> Subject: Re: Java 8/Java 7 end of life >>>>> >>>>> I can certainly confirm that OpenJPA runs on java 8. And even >>>>> compiles when using source 1.7, target 1.7. Byte code enhancement >>>>> works fine on >>> the >>>>> code when compiled in that fashion. >>>>> >>>>>> On Mar 9, 2015, at 6:06 AM, Rick Curtis <curti...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> OpenJPA 2.3.x and trunk should be functional with java8, but I >>>>>> don't think you can build OpenJPA with java8. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 3:52 AM, Henno Vermeulen >>>>>> <he...@huizemolenaar.nl> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hello, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> AFAIK, OpenJPA still doesn't work with Java 8. Are there any >>>>>>> plans of fixing this soon? Perhaps OpenJPA committers could give >>>>>>> this some more priority? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Oracle public support for Java 7 will end after April this year, >>>>>>> see http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/eol-135779.html >>>>>>> If I understand well, this means that security issues in Oracle's >>>>>>> Java 7 runtime will no longer be fixed so that an application >>>>>>> using OpenJPA on Java 7 will become more and more vulnerable over >> time. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The ticket for Java 8 was last updated in October 2014: >>>>>>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OPENJPA-2386 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>> Henno Vermeulen >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> *Rick Curtis* >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> *Rick Curtis* >> > > > > -- > *Rick Curtis*
