Our consensus has always been to not have a consensus. Each project moved to where they needed to be when they needed to be. Obviously the decisions of other projects affect yours, particularly the platform. And for that, I go by their project plan which has no mention of JRE 6 for Mars.
https://www.eclipse.org/projects/project-plan.php?planurl=/eclipse/development/plans/eclipse_project_plan_4_5.xml Doug. From: Ed Willink <e...@willink.me.uk<mailto:e...@willink.me.uk>> Reply-To: Cross project issues <cross-project-issues-dev@eclipse.org<mailto:cross-project-issues-dev@eclipse.org>> Date: Wednesday, March 4, 2015 at 11:46 AM To: "cross-project-issues-dev@eclipse.org<mailto:cross-project-issues-dev@eclipse.org>" <cross-project-issues-dev@eclipse.org<mailto:cross-project-issues-dev@eclipse.org>> Subject: Re: [cross-project-issues-dev] jdt.core move to Java 7 BREE Hi (I would love it if Mars required Java 8, since I like @NonNull annotations and the Java 7 compatibility is really troublesome.) However I am keen that my project follows the Eclipse consensus, which does not seem to exist. My Hudson builds now fail so I need to know where the new consensus is. Regards Ed Willink On 04/03/2015 16:32, Konstantin Komissarchik wrote: What is the rationale for wanting to keep BREE levels as low as possible? Even Java 7 enters the “no further public updates” phase in April of this year. JRE 7 users in the normal update pipeline were upgraded to Java 8 in January. Are there really users out there who _cannot_ run a newer version of the JRE despite security and performance implications of running an old version? I am guessing that if Mars were to require Java 8, there would be some initial grumbling over having to upgrade, then everyone moves on in a better and more secure configuration. http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/eol-135779.html Thanks, - Konstantin From: cross-project-issues-dev-boun...@eclipse.org<mailto:cross-project-issues-dev-boun...@eclipse.org> [mailto:cross-project-issues-dev-boun...@eclipse.org] On Behalf Of Ed Willink Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2015 6:57 AM To: cross-project-issues-dev@eclipse.org<mailto:cross-project-issues-dev@eclipse.org> Subject: Re: [cross-project-issues-dev] jdt.core move to Java 7 BREE Hi But this is important. When osgi.utils moved from Java 5 to Java 6 that made Eclipse almost unuseable as a Java 5 platform; not really a problem. Now jdt.core does nearly the same thing for Eclipse as a Java 6 platform. Are we ready to go that far? IMHO it certainly should be discussed and announced. Regards Ed Willink On 04/03/2015 14:42, Daniel Megert wrote: Hi Ed Yes, this was intended. We never announce BREE changes. Dani From: Ed Willink <e...@willink.me.uk><mailto:e...@willink.me.uk> To: Cross project issues <cross-project-issues-dev@eclipse.org><mailto:cross-project-issues-dev@eclipse.org> Date: 04.03.2015 15:27 Subject: [cross-project-issues-dev] jdt.core move to Java 7 BREE Sent by: cross-project-issues-dev-boun...@eclipse.org<mailto:cross-project-issues-dev-boun...@eclipse.org> ________________________________ Hi Is the recent change in BREE for org.eclipse.jdt.core from Java 6 to Java 7 intended? Was it announced? Regards Ed Willink _______________________________________________ cross-project-issues-dev mailing list cross-project-issues-dev@eclipse.org<mailto:cross-project-issues-dev@eclipse.org> To change your delivery options, retrieve your password, or unsubscribe from this list, visit https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/cross-project-issues-dev _______________________________________________ cross-project-issues-dev mailing list cross-project-issues-dev@eclipse.org<mailto:cross-project-issues-dev@eclipse.org> To change your delivery options, retrieve your password, or unsubscribe from this list, visit https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/cross-project-issues-dev No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com<http://www.avg.com> Version: 2015.0.5751 / Virus Database: 4299/9224 - Release Date: 03/04/15 _______________________________________________ cross-project-issues-dev mailing list cross-project-issues-dev@eclipse.org<mailto:cross-project-issues-dev@eclipse.org> To change your delivery options, retrieve your password, or unsubscribe from this list, visit https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/cross-project-issues-dev No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com<http://www.avg.com> Version: 2015.0.5751 / Virus Database: 4299/9224 - Release Date: 03/04/15
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