Oracle claims “extended support” for Java 6 until the end of 2018[1], so there are still going to be a few environments out there that benefit from Java 6 support. That said, there are some more disruptive changes that could take advantage of new Java 7 APIs:
For something like COMPRESS-327 it would allow the use of SeekableByteChannel for in memory access to archive types that benefit from random access. The java.nio.file.attribute interfaces (BasicFileAttributes along with sub-types PosixFileAttributes and DosFileAttributes) offer a good abstraction for normalizing ArchiveEntry subclass (see Stefan’s work[2]). Also, the FileTime class is a good immutable alternative to Java 8’s Instant. I would say maintain Java 6 support in 1.x and go with Java 7 in 2.x. -Jeremy [1]: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/eol-135779.html [2]: https://github.com/blackducksoftware/commons-compress/commit/c6eed140b0b4579fd11ade0b66ada704bb116eca > On Apr 8, 2016, at 2:43 PM, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 8 April 2016 at 19:23, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I think it would be good to use try-with-resources in our tests and for >> users too. > > Does not affect users directly. > >> Thoughts on updating to Java 7? > > Why, apart from try with resources? > What are the benefits for the end user? > >> Or, gasp, Java 8? > > -1 > >> Gary >> >> -- >> E-Mail: garydgreg...@gmail.com | ggreg...@apache.org >> Java Persistence with Hibernate, Second Edition >> <http://www.manning.com/bauer3/> >> JUnit in Action, Second Edition <http://www.manning.com/tahchiev/> >> Spring Batch in Action <http://www.manning.com/templier/> >> Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com >> Home: http://garygregory.com/ >> Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
