Drop Java 6, use Java 8 from my POV. It will make builds simpler for all, on top of not requiring folks of installing Java 6 to make sure the tests pass on that platform.
Use try with resources to clean up the code eventhough Java 7 would be enough strictly speaking. Gary On Wed, May 20, 2020, 11:09 David Barts <[email protected]> wrote: > Java 6 was released in December 2006, making it 13½ years old. That's > over 94 in computer years! (Laugh if you want but computer technology > goes out of date so quickly that I find treating it like dogs in this > regard to be a useful metric.) Oracle stopped supporting it in 2017, > meaning that since then the platform has not been receiving critical > security updates. > > I say it’s fine to drop support for it, and to make Java 8 (which is > still getting critical security updates) the minimum supported version. > > > On 5/20/20 3:47, henrib wrote: > > Quick poll before attempting to release JEXL 3.1; > > Should we still release with support for Java 6 or should we move ahead > with > > at least Java 8 ? > > Seems to me Java 6 is old enough to be dropped. > > One could still build from source with java 6 if needed. > > What do you think ? > > Cheers > > > > > > > > -- > > Sent from: > http://apache-commons.680414.n4.nabble.com/Commons-Dev-f680415.html > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > -- > David Barts / [email protected] > He who has nothing to die for has nothing to live for. > -- Moroccan proverb > >
