I'm not as aware of the consequences of this change as many of you, but I think it's a good idea moving forward.
-Mike On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 5:04 AM, Alasdair Hodge < [email protected]> wrote: > I say go for it. > > A. > -- > Alasdair Hodge > Principal Engineer, > Cloudsoft Corporation > > > > On 08/06/2015 10:02, Alex Heneveld wrote: > >> >> Folks, >> >> Is there any objection to bumping the minimum Java version to 7 ? >> >> I'm not aware of anyone with a hard dependency on Java 6. Although it >> has been sunsetted, it is still supported in production so I'll withdraw >> the suggestion if anyone needs it. However working on TypeCoercion of >> string to date [1] I made heavy use of named-groups in regexes only to >> discover this is a 7-only feature. It wouldn't be too hard to add >> jregex (or make flexible date-parsing a 7-only feature) but if no one >> needs Java 6 this feels like a good enough reason to change. >> >> (We'll need to update Jenkins to use Java 7 to build.) >> >> Best >> Alex >> >> [1] https://github.com/apache/incubator-brooklyn/pull/682 >> >> > > -- > Cloudsoft Corporation Limited, Registered in Scotland No: SC349230. > Registered Office: 13 Dryden Place, Edinburgh, EH9 1RP > > This e-mail message is confidential and for use by the addressee only. If > the message is received by anyone other than the addressee, please return > the message to the sender by replying to it and then delete the message > from your computer. Internet e-mails are not necessarily secure. Cloudsoft > Corporation Limited does not accept responsibility for changes made to this > message after it was sent. > > Whilst all reasonable care has been taken to avoid the transmission of > viruses, it is the responsibility of the recipient to ensure that the > onward transmission, opening or use of this message and any attachments > will not adversely affect its systems or data. No responsibility is > accepted by Cloudsoft Corporation Limited in this regard and the recipient > should carry out such virus and other checks as it considers appropriate. > -- Cloudsoft Corporation Limited, Registered in Scotland No: SC349230. Registered Office: 13 Dryden Place, Edinburgh, EH9 1RP This e-mail message is confidential and for use by the addressee only. If the message is received by anyone other than the addressee, please return the message to the sender by replying to it and then delete the message from your computer. Internet e-mails are not necessarily secure. Cloudsoft Corporation Limited does not accept responsibility for changes made to this message after it was sent. Whilst all reasonable care has been taken to avoid the transmission of viruses, it is the responsibility of the recipient to ensure that the onward transmission, opening or use of this message and any attachments will not adversely affect its systems or data. No responsibility is accepted by Cloudsoft Corporation Limited in this regard and the recipient should carry out such virus and other checks as it considers appropriate.
