2017-03-06 10:06 GMT+01:00 Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org>: > On 05/03/17 18:21, Matt Sicker wrote: > > I'm also thinking we might want to upgrade to Java 7 for pool 2.5 as dbcp > > 2.x has required it from the beginning. I'm not exactly sure if anything > > JDBC changed in Java 8 to warrant an upgrade to Java 8 for dbcp 2.3, but > > it's also worth mentioning if needed. > > Is there any reason - apart from the age of Java 6 - to make Java 7 the > minimum for Pool? > > Tomcat 8 uses DBCP 2 and Pool 2 and - because it implements parts Java > EE 7 specification, has to run on Java 7. An upgrade to Java 8 would be > an annoyance but one the Tomcat project could work around if it had to. > > Same for TomEE* (openejb part too which runs without tomcat) which would mean for both projects to fork (repackage) pool and dbcp
> Mark > > > > > On 5 March 2017 at 11:59, Pascal Schumacher <pascalschumac...@gmx.net> > > wrote: > > > >> Great new. :) > >> > >> As far as I remember there were various request for DBCP 2.2 (and we > would > >> like to update to pool 2.4.3 at work). > >> > >> Thank you very much, > >> Pascal > >> > >> Am 05.03.2017 um 18:30 schrieb Matt Sicker: > >> > >>> I've started a lazy vote to migrate Pool to Git. After that, I'd like > to > >>> take a whack at starting a release candidate for pool 2.4.3. After > that, > >>> we > >>> can upgrade DBCP to pool 2.4.3 and do a release of DBCP to 2.2. > >>> > >>> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> 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 > >