+1 *Mark McKenna*
*Web :: markmckenna.ie <http://markmckenna.ie/>* *Work :: [email protected] <[email protected]>* *PGP :: A7A9 24DE 638C 681A 8DEA FAD4 2B5D C759 B1EB 76A7 <https://pgp.mit.edu/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x2B5DC759B1EB76A7>* On 27 February 2017 at 13:42, Andrea Turli <[email protected]> wrote: > +1 > > Il 27/feb/2017 14:35, "Geoff Macartney" <[email protected] > > > ha scritto: > > > +1 > > > > I have been hoping we could get round to this soon, think it's a good > idea. > > > > > > > > On Mon, 27 Feb 2017 at 13:09 Aled Sage <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I propose we switch to Java 8 for Apache Brooklyn (i.e. require Java 8; > > > remove support for using Java 7 when running Brooklyn). > > > > > > This will make our testing simpler, improving coverage (e.g. we don't > > > currently test everything with Brooklyn running both on Java 7 and Java > > > 8). It will make our lives easier as developers (e.g. don't need to > > > worry about Java 7 versus Java 8 when compiling, running tests and > > > manually testing Brooklyn; and we can use Java 8 features). > > > > > > Java 7 reached end of life in April 2015 [1]; Java 8 was released March > > > 2014. > > > > > > We can do this in three stages: > > > > > > * Switch to Java 8 as "official target" > > > o Update our jenkins etc to always build/run with Java 8. > > > o All developers/testers switch to Java 8 locally. > > > o Add to the next release notes that Java 7 is no longer > supported. > > > * Update our poms so they don't compile/check for Java 7 > compatibility > > > [3,4,5]. > > > * Developers free to start using Java 8 language features! > > > > > > Stage 1 would be the bare minimum for the next release; I think we > > > should do all three stages before the 0.11.0 release. > > > > > > Aled > > > > > > [1] https://java.com/en/download/faq/java_7.xml > > > [2] https://www.infoq.com/news/2015/05/Oracle-Ends-Java- > 7Public-Updates > > > [3] https://github.com/apache/brooklyn-server/blob/master/pom.xml#L91 > > > [4] > > > > > > https://github.com/apache/brooklyn-server/blob/master/ > > parent/pom.xml#L557-L558 > > > [5] > > > https://github.com/apache/brooklyn-server/blob/master/ > > parent/pom.xml#L950 > > > > > > > > >
