Hello, Maybe I'm just blind, but I do not see a link for 2.4.0 on the download page (http://openjpa.apache.org/downloads.html).
Regards, John > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Struberg [mailto:strub...@yahoo.de] > Sent: Mittwoch, 30. September 2015 20:41 > To: users@openjpa.apache.org > Subject: Re: Is OpenJPA 2.4.0 is released or not > > Hi Henno, > big thanks for doing the tests and also for giving us the feedback! > We also use 2.4.0 in production already without any issues - well, at least > without any regressions ;) > > 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
