I'd maybe suggest splitting the 0-x client out on its own instead rather than just leaving it as part of 6.1.x, though thats not necessarily as simple as it sounds which is likely why it hasn't been done already, so doing so at this point might not outweigh the effort required.
On 10 January 2017 at 11:05, Rob Godfrey <[email protected]> wrote: > +1 To removing Java 7 support in the Broker for Java and the JMS client. > > On the AMQP 0-x JMS client my inclination is to say that we actually remove > this client from future feature releases. Maintenance releases on the > 6.1.x branch will continue to support Java 7 (and 8, of course), but going > forward the AMQP 1.0 JMS client should be the only supported JMS library. > (Since I don't think anyone is actually planning on adding any features to > the 0-x client, I don't think this is actually as big a deal as it might > initially sound - we'd verify the compatibility between the 7.0 Broker and > the v6.x AMQP 0-x JMS client, of course) > > -- Rob > > On 10 January 2017 at 10:08, Lorenz Quack <[email protected]> wrote: > >> +1 >> >> The next Qpid Broker for Java is probably going to be 7.0 (i.e., a major >> release) so now is as good a time as any. >> >> Some dates for reference [1]: >> Java Version First Release End of Public Updates >> 7 Jul 2011 Apr 2015 >> 8 Mar 2014 Sep 2017 or later >> >> [1] http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/eol-135779.html >> >> >> >> On 09/01/17 22:28, Robbie Gemmell wrote: >> >>> I'd like to propose dropping support for Java 7 in the broker and both >>> JMS clients in their next significant new releases. >>> >>> Almost a year ago, there was a proposal around preparing to end >>> support for Java 7 in the broker and AMQP 0-x JMS client, with the the >>> idea of doing a ~Q3 2016 major release in which the broker required >>> Java 8, followed by a minor follow-up release in 2017 that then >>> dropped support for the client. I believe both still currently retain >>> support for Java 7. >>> >>> I agreed with the proposal and suggested something similar made sense >>> for the AMQP 1.0 JMS client, and I think it is time we made that >>> change. I think it would be appropriate to do so in concert with the >>> 0.20.0 release the client is now ready for, and plan to do so unless >>> convinced otherwise. >>> >>> While on the Java 7 subject: I'm a little more neutral about Proton-J, >>> and wouldn't be that opposed to it continuing to for a bit longer, >>> although probably not all that long, as the majority of builds I know >>> of personally that depend on it already require Java 8, some doing so >>> before Proton even dropped its Java 6 support in 2015 (after Java 7 >>> went EOL). >>> >>> Robbie >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >>> >>> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
