same for us, openjpa 2.4.0 available on maven central
On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 5:58 PM, Boblitz John <john.bobl...@bertschi.com> wrote: > 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 > > -- WBR Maxim aka solomax
