> On Aug 16, 2020, at 6:08 AM, Mark Thomas <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> On 15/08/2020 19:00, Gary Gregory wrote:
>> On Sat, Aug 15, 2020 at 1:14 PM Mark Thomas <[email protected] 
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> 
>>> On 10/08/2020 17:26, Gary Gregory wrote:
>>>> As recently done for [EMAIL], I propose we update [LOGGING] and [DAEMON]
>>>> from Java 6 to 7 to streamline building on CIs.
>>> 
>>> -1 for DAEMON. Tomcat 7 depends on it and has a specification mandated
>>> requirement to run on Java 6.
>>> 
>> 
>> Yikes ;-) how long is rein in antiquity planned to last? ;-)
> 
> Tomcat 7 EOL is 31 March 2021.
> 
> Like most major Tomcat versions, it has been supported for ~10 years
> since the first release.
> 
> The scary thing is that the users mailing list still sees questions
> about Tomcat 6 and earlier.

:-| that’s bonkers….but I recall Christopher Shultz saying as much.

-Rob

> 
>> We might need a branch for Tomcat so the project can move ahead in a more
>> modern setting IMO.
> 
> Unless there is a feature that NEEDS Java 7, branching is just going to
> create unnecessary overhead. My experience of DAEMON over that last few
> years is the most (all?) of the work has been on the native code side.
> Therefore, I don't see the harm in keeping the Java side on 1.6 for now.
> 
> If the issue is the inability to build with newer Java versions, I have
> no issue updating the declared minimum version as long as the Java code
> remains compilable with/for Java 6.
> 
> Mark
> 
>> 
>> Gary
>> 
>>> 
>>> Are there any features / bugs in Jira that require this increase?
>>> 
>>> Mark
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