working on this now. Will keep you updated. LieGrue, strub
> Am 21.09.2015 um 23:06 schrieb Talden <tal...@gmail.com>: > > The OpenJPA pages on apache.org (http://openjpa.apache.org/) are the > obvious standouts. > > They still suggest the latest stable is 2.3.0 and say things like "The > upcoming 2.4 release (trunk) is based off of the 2.3.x branch and will > contain some additional features (TBD)" > > -- > Aaron Scott-Boddendijk > > On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 2:24 AM, Mark Struberg <strub...@yahoo.de> wrote: > >> It is officially released. Maybe I/we forgot to update some site still? >> >> Just point me to the page you are missing something on and I gonna fix it. >> >> txs and LieGrue, >> strub >> >> >>> Am 21.09.2015 um 09:44 schrieb Henno Vermeulen <he...@huizemolenaar.nl>: >>> >>> The documentation does list 2.4.0 as a release so I think they just >> forgot to update the downloads page! >>> I'm no OpenJPA committer, perhaps they can give the "official" answer, >> but here's our practical answer: >>> >>> We are using OpenJPA for a few years now. I can confirm from our >> experience that the enhancer for OpenJPA 2.3.0 is not able to enhance >> classes that are compiled with Java 8. It should be possible to compile >> with Java 7 and use a Java 8 runtime, but we haven't tried this. >>> >>> We have been using 2.4.0 with Java 7 in production (around 20 users) for >> quite a few months. We have very thorough tests that use OpenJPA and the >> actual database. All of them were passing on 2.3.0 and Java 7 and are now >> passing on 2.4.0 with either Java 7 or 8, so for us there are no new bugs >> in 2.4.0 on top of Java 8. >>> >>> We actually started using Java 8 in production since this weekend, due >> to extensive testing I'm confident everything works fine. I can't yet say >> whether lambdas inside entities are working correctly, but I don't see why >> they shouldn't. >>> >>> In short: I would say it's safe to use OpenJPA 2.4.0 and it won't be a >> barrier to adopt Java 8. >>> If you encounter other barriers for Java 8 adoption, consider compiling >> with Java 7 but running with a recent Java 8 JRE. >>> >>> Henno Vermeulen >>> >>> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- >>> Van: Talden [mailto:tal...@gmail.com] >>> Verzonden: vrijdag 18 september 2015 5:00 >>> Aan: users@openjpa.apache.org >>> Onderwerp: Is OpenJPA 2.4.0 is released or not >>> >>> OpenJPA 2.4.0 appears to be available on MavenCentral (Dated 2015-04-20) >>> >>> >> http://search.maven.org/#artifactdetails|org.apache.openjpa|openjpa|2.4.0|bundle >>> >>> In mailing list archives there's a call to vote (With votes up to >>> 2015-04-24) >>> >>> >> http://openjpa.208410.n2.nabble.com/VOTE-Release-Apache-OpenJPA-2-4-0-tt7587965.html#none >>> >>> But on the OpenJPA apache site the releases include only 2.3.0 >>> >>> >>> Is 2.4.0 officially released? >>> >>> Is the April 20th 2015 artefact in Maven Central (that pre-dates the >> vote) a safe and valid build for production purposes? >>> >>> Am I correct that this version is required to enhance classes in a Java8 >> runtime? A Java8 migration is highly desirable but wonder if OpenJPA will >> be a barrier. >>> >>> If 2.4.0 was not officially released, is there a release coming? >>> >>> -- >>> Aaron Scott-Boddendijk >> >>
