On 2 February 2017 at 12:35, Emmanuel Bourg <ebo...@apache.org> wrote: > Le 1/02/2017 à 20:11, Gilles a écrit : > >> One aspect is that if we have separate components, they can target >> different versions (each time answering the above question). >> People in "Commons" pushing for a supposedly minimal mass for a >> component are at odds with offering more choices to contributors. >> >> We can't be expected to work with a hand tied behind the back for >> the sake of the "unknown" programmer. >> Removing the fun entails less opportunities to gather interest for >> the project, so that eventually there won't be any code at all, >> neither Java 8, nor Java 7. > > Keep in mind that developers are users before becoming contributors. If > we target a narrower set of users we also limit our ability to recruit > new contributors. So we have to find a balance between not too old > technologies to avoid scaring potential contributors, and not too recent > to keep a decent user base that will provide new contributors. > > As far as I'm concerned the 'scary' limit is anything < Java 5. I > wouldn't mind contributing to a Java 5, 6 or 7 project is it's > fulfilling an important need for me.
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