Hi, My two cents in favour of java 8:
IIUC the next major release will break backwards compatibility and aims to clean up the API. Taking a look at the release frequency of commons math [1], it shows releases every 9-12 months (give or take). Given that the next big release is a major one (4.0), this indicate that a release in 2016 is a more likely target than in 2015. It might be the case that people use java 6 or 7 today, but the picture might be a different one a year from now. I agree with Benedikt Ritter's comment earlier in this thread: "The java.util.function package seems like a natural fit for a mathematics library." Vennlig hilsen Martin Grotle Soukup (+47) 95 90 34 02 [1] Latest releases of commons math: 2.2: 2011-03-02 3.0: 2012-03-12 3.1: 2012-12-24 3.2: 2013-04-07 3.3: 2014-05-16 3.4: 2014-12-28 2015-01-14 2:31 GMT+01:00 Gilles <gil...@harfang.homelinux.org>: > Raising this issue once again. >>> Are we going to upgrade the requirement for the next major release? >>> >>> [ ] Java 5 >>> [ ] Java 6 >>> [ ] Java 7 >>> [ ] Java 8 >>> [ ] Java 9 >>> >> > Counts up to now: > > Java 7 -> 2 > Java 7 or 8 -> 2 > Java 8 -> 2 > > Any more opionions? > > Gilles > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > >
