Isn't Java 11 pretty much default on any OS offering out there? Also Java 17 is now the new stable future Java and is being adopted as the default on leading edge OS's such as Fedora Linux for FC36 as example. I understand that in the enterprise world Java 8 will likely be in use for some time in various areas, but I would think Java 11 will be dominent there if it isn't already. Just my opinion on it.
Regards, Stephen On Fri, 2021-12-17 at 12:16 +0000, Christofer Dutz wrote: > Well yes, and no ... > > Generally, we should be Java 8 buildable (just plc4j) ... however > some code had been added to the code generation that broke this > "build on 8" feature (at least I know of the "orElseThrow()" usage. > > So we could fix this and make it buildable with Java 8 again ... or > for the sake of simplicity we simply give up on Java 8 and simply > continue to ensure the libraries we build are runnable on 8. > > Chris > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Otto Fowler <ottobackwa...@gmail.com> > Sent: Freitag, 17. Dezember 2021 13:06 > To: dev@plc4x.apache.org > Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Officially go to Java 11 > > Just to clarify, we have required Java 11 to build for some time > now, but our documentation has still stated java 8 or even both 11 > and 8 in different places for a while now. > > From: Christofer Dutz <christofer.d...@c-ware.de> > <christofer.d...@c-ware.de> > Reply: dev@plc4x.apache.org <dev@plc4x.apache.org> > <dev@plc4x.apache.org> > Date: December 14, 2021 at 10:38:19 > To: dev@plc4x.apache.org <dev@plc4x.apache.org> > <dev@plc4x.apache.org> > Subject: [DISCUSS] Officially go to Java 11 > > Hi all, > > Otto just bumped me about us still referencing Java 8 as minimum > version. > > I think we could be Java 8 compatible, if we only want to build the > java part. > However as soon as we also build c or go, we need 11 due to the > cmake-maven-plugin. > Also do we need it in order to build some of the integration modules. > > So I think instead of investing time into ironing out the Java 8 > incompatibilities, I would like to make the minimum version 11 > officially. > > I know that in the past I said, that customers might be needing Java > 1.8, but as officially almost nobody admits using PLC4X and we know > nothing about the setups people are using we'll simply do a decision > on the facts known to us. > > Right now, this is: > > * Supporting Java 8 adds more work for me and doesn't bring an > advantage that I'm aware of. > * Sebastian would love to officially be allowed to use Java 11 > goodness > > Chris
