On Mon, 14 Jan 2019 at 16:30, Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'd be in favor of upgrading to Java 8. It would certainly make > porting my Jenkins deleteRecursive family of methods back upstream > easier (lambdas mainly). It would also allow for adding functional > APIs for IO (which may also require some checked versions of > java.util.function).
That's a separate issue: at some point it will probably be advantageous to upgrade Java version for a given project. However upgrading has a downside, so should not be undertaken unless there is a clear advantage. > On Sat, 12 Jan 2019 at 16:37, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Sat, 12 Jan 2019 at 15:42, John Patrick <nhoj.patr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > Personally as a consumer/user I wouldn't expect a minor update to bump > > > the min java version required, I would expect a major version number > > > bump. > > > > > > Also I think all commons projects should be bumped to Java 8 asap, as > > > those on java 5, 6 or 7 are probably happy with the current versions > > > and would only be upgrading for bug fixes and security reasons. > > > > However, if a commons component updates to Java 8 and then needs a bug > > fix, all those on Java 7 or below who need the bug fix will be forced > > to update Java as well as updating the commons component. > > Is that such a good idea? > > > > > Java 8 was released nearly 5 years ago, Java 7 was released 8 years > > > ago, people complained about Java being slow, now Java has become > > > rapid it seams the frameworks need to speed up. > > > > Huh? > > > > If people upgrade to the latest (faster) version of Java, they can > > still use Commons components that have an earlier minimum version. > > > > So I don't see how changing the minimum version of Java for a Commons > > component helps here. > > > > > Just my view after coding Java for 20 years. > > > > > > John > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, 12 Jan 2019 at 13:43, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > I am OK with updating Commons IO to Java 8 for release 2.7. > > > > > > > > Others? > > > > > > > > Gary > > > > > > > > On Sat, Jan 12, 2019 at 6:54 AM Arvind Venugopal > > > > <arvind.compe...@gmail.com> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > > > This is regarding the JIRA issue IO-597. I am not sure if this has to > > > > > be > > > > > taken up because the fix for this bug would need Java 8 which would be > > > > > breaking all existing code(using Java 7 or earlier) which uses this > > > > > library. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > Arvind > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > 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 > > > > > -- > Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
