I think when we have to decide between Java 8 and 11 then I would opt for 11 as the safe choice.
I agree with JB that java 11 now and 17 after the releases would be a good choice. Christian On Thu, 8 Jan 2026 at 17:38, Dominik Przybysz <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi JBO, > it's great to hear :) > > You raised a question about minimal Java version supported in > https://github.com/apache/aries/pull/414#issuecomment-3721877884. > > I thought that since Java 8 is still supported it would be right version, > but there are less and less libraries supporting it. I feel we should > together decide about the minimal version of Java we want to have in Aries. > > Maybe we would like to declare some policy about supported versions e.g. > that we support 2 or 3 last LTS versions of Java? > Current bnd supports java 17 as the mininal version. On the other hand I > see that Apache Karaf is still supporting java 11+ > https://karaf.apache.org/download.html. > > WDYT? > > czw., 8 sty 2026 o 06:01 Jean-Baptiste Onofré <[email protected]> > napisał(a): > > > Hi everyone, > > > > I apologize for the delay in my response. I am back to working on Aries > and > > will now review the CI and dependencies in preparation for the new > > releases. > > > > I look forward to collaborating with you all, particularly Dominik, on > > this. > > > > Regards, > > JB > > > > On Mon, Nov 10, 2025 at 6:11 AM Jean-Baptiste Onofré <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > > > I would like to propose a new set of Aries releases (proxy, blueprint, > > > etc). > > > > > > I have some fixes on the way, and I can start the preparation. > > > > > > Any objections? > > > > > > Regards > > > JB > > > > > > > > -- > Regards, > Dominik Przybysz > -- -- Computer Scientist http://www.adobe.com
