Comments inline Matej
----- Original Message ----- > From: "Emily Jiang" <[email protected]> > To: "Matej Novotny" <[email protected]> > Cc: "J J SNYDER" <[email protected]>, "Weld" <[email protected]>, > [email protected] > Sent: Monday, February 26, 2018 8:55:34 PM > Subject: Re: [weld-dev] To drop or not to drop JDK 7 support for Weld 2.4? > > https://blogs.oracle.com/theaquarium/java-se-8-and-java-ee-7 > From a Java EE point of view, the Java EE 7 specification requires at > least Java SE 7. I wouldn't put much trust into a blogpost. Anyhow the article basically encourages you to use JDK 8 features with EE7. > > > http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javaee/documentation/javaee7sdk-install-1957708.html > > Installing the Software > Requirements > Java EE 7 SDK distributions require JDK 7 Update 65 and above or JDK 8 > Update 20 and above. Java EE 7 SDK != Java EE impl. Besides it says you can use 7 or 8 and recommends latest JDK release anyway. I was expecting these limitations to be present in EE umbrella spec or something like that (imposing minimal version on implementations) but found none so far. > > Many thanks, > Emily > =========================== > Emily Jiang > WebSphere Application Server, CDI & MicroProfile Development Lead > > MP 211, DE3A20, Winchester, Hampshire, England, SO21 2JN > Phone: +44 (0)1962 816278 Internal: 246278 > > Email: [email protected] > Lotus Notes: Emily Jiang/UK/IBM@IBMGB > > > > > From: Matej Novotny <[email protected]> > To: Emily Jiang <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected], J J SNYDER > <[email protected]>, Weld <[email protected]> > Date: 26/02/2018 16:00 > Subject: Re: [weld-dev] To drop or not to drop JDK 7 support for > Weld 2.4? > Sent by: [email protected] > > > > > as Java EE7 requires the minimum Java version being 7. > > I was actually trying to find this somewhere. > Can you point to *exactly* where this is stated? > I was unable to find such statement. > > > Matej > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Emily Jiang" <[email protected]> > > To: "Matej Novotny" <[email protected]> > > Cc: "John D. Ament" <[email protected]>, "J J SNYDER" > <[email protected]>, "Weld" > > <[email protected]>, [email protected] > > Sent: Monday, February 26, 2018 4:45:33 PM > > Subject: Re: [weld-dev] To drop or not to drop JDK 7 support for Weld > 2.4? > > > > Hi Matej, > > > > My vote is "not to drop JDK 7 support", as Java EE7 requires the minimum > > Java version being 7. If you remove the JDK7 support, this will have big > > impact to the customer who are currently use JDK7. > > > > Weld 3.x requires JDK 8, which is understandable. > > > > Many thanks, > > Emily > > =========================== > > Emily Jiang > > WebSphere Application Server, CDI & MicroProfile Development Lead > > > > MP 211, DE3A20, Winchester, Hampshire, England, SO21 2JN > > Phone: +44 (0)1962 816278 Internal: 246278 > > > > Email: [email protected] > > Lotus Notes: Emily Jiang/UK/IBM@IBMGB > > > > > > > > > > From: Matej Novotny <[email protected]> > > To: "John D. Ament" <[email protected]> > > Cc: J J SNYDER <[email protected]>, Weld > > <[email protected]> > > Date: 26/02/2018 13:05 > > Subject: Re: [weld-dev] To drop or not to drop JDK 7 support for > > Weld 2.4? > > Sent by: [email protected] > > > > > > > > Valid point, it would definitely make sense to raise minor version in > this > > case. > > > > We are unsure if we will actually remove jdk 7 sipport, but at this > point > > any request for backport > > or any attempt at support for newer java versions presents a > considerable > > pain because of JDK 7 support. > > Therefore I concluded I will ask on this mail and see if it would be ok > to > > eventually remove the support. > > > > Matej > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "John D. Ament" <[email protected]> > > > To: "Matej Novotny" <[email protected]> > > > Cc: "Weld" <[email protected]>, "J J SNYDER" > > <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Monday, February 26, 2018 1:38:39 PM > > > Subject: Re: [weld-dev] To drop or not to drop JDK 7 support for Weld > > 2.4? > > > > > > Seems weird to me that you would drop JDK support in a patch fix on > > 2.4.x. > > > Seems more appropriate to keep 2.4.x on JDK 7, 2.5.x (if you ever > create > > > it) on JDK 8. 3.0.x already requires JDK 8. > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 7:18 AM Matej Novotny <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > Hello everyone, > > > > > > > > as you probably know, Weld 2.4 (CDI 1.2 impl) currently supports > even > > JDK > > > > 7. > > > > We are currently considering dropping this limitation and moving to > > JDK 8 > > > > as minimal version. > > > > >From what we know, some servers (such as WildFly) already require > > Java 8 > > > > to even boot up so this limitation is pretty much pointless there. > > > > > > > > Therefore, please let us know if dropping JDK 7 support presents a > > problem > > > > for you or if you see any other reason for Weld 2.4 to stay JDK 7 > > > > compatible. > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards > > > > Matej > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > weld-dev mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.jboss.org_mailman_listinfo_weld-2Ddev&d=DwICAg&c=jf_iaSHvJObTbx-siA1ZOg&r=jt2y5_gH2oPaja8Vt6NzAZV-iEo6D2jiWeuVYs0H-1U&m=eqnqnXgGwIduBcYC4-Ram6goyqgbpKDXXYbxQMW6gEk&s=53jnN5KF3unYZPdsa-7EYeTbWDJPqnX_S6Wkl40HPpA&e= > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > weld-dev mailing list > > [email protected] > > > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.jboss.org_mailman_listinfo_weld-2Ddev&d=DwICAg&c=jf_iaSHvJObTbx-siA1ZOg&r=jt2y5_gH2oPaja8Vt6NzAZV-iEo6D2jiWeuVYs0H-1U&m=eqnqnXgGwIduBcYC4-Ram6goyqgbpKDXXYbxQMW6gEk&s=53jnN5KF3unYZPdsa-7EYeTbWDJPqnX_S6Wkl40HPpA&e= > > > > > > > > > > > > > Unless stated otherwise above: > > IBM United Kingdom Limited - Registered in England and Wales with number > > 741598. > > Registered office: PO Box 41, North Harbour, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO6 > 3AU > > > _______________________________________________ > weld-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.jboss.org_mailman_listinfo_weld-2Ddev&d=DwICAg&c=jf_iaSHvJObTbx-siA1ZOg&r=jt2y5_gH2oPaja8Vt6NzAZV-iEo6D2jiWeuVYs0H-1U&m=ojqQ53OwtuZDWOBlyFHfsMafLGWVmcUvSP505bWCang&s=mVuFHW_pnMqN53G3NvKsfaRF25l7vxdU2diYefRL4pk&e= > > > > > > Unless stated otherwise above: > IBM United Kingdom Limited - Registered in England and Wales with number > 741598. > Registered office: PO Box 41, North Harbour, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO6 3AU > _______________________________________________ weld-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/weld-dev
