They choose to update not, no one forces updates magically, unless you always pick up the latest by not specifying a version in a POM (bad practice).
If they are still on Java 6 or 7, then updating libraries might not be a priority. Gary On Sat, Mar 20, 2021, 07:27 John Patrick <nhoj.patr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Some customers might need to use Java 7, but what about the customers > who want to use it on Java 17 which will be in rampdown in 5 months > and released in 6 months? > Also from memory from conferences ~ 2018/2019 I thought Java 17 was > planning on removing the Classpath so everything needed to be Modules > as well as raising the support min Java version to 8 or maybe even 11. > > Also I understand that some customers might still be running Java 6 or > 7 or 8, but would they be actively upgrading to newer versions and if > they have not found any bugs in the current version in the past ~10 > years will they find any new ones in next 16 months... > > On Sat, 21 Nov 2020 at 22:48, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Sat, 21 Nov 2020 at 17:13, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > On Sat, Nov 21, 2020 at 11:46 AM sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Note that Java 7 and later are all on lndefinite Sustaining Support: > > > > > > > > > https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/java-se-support-roadmap.html > > > > > > > > This is presumably because there are customers who need Java 7. > > > > > > > > > > And those paying Oracle customers are welcome to NOT upgrade to new > > > versions or provide PRs and request releases. > > > > It's not just paying customers: > > > > "The Extended Support fee will be waived for the period June 2019 - > > July 2022 for Java SE 7." > > > > I don't see any pressing need to move to Java 8. > > > > > Gary > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, 21 Nov 2020 at 16:18, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I do not see a reason to maintain EXEC and EMAIL on Java 7 at this > point, > > > > > it's simpler to maintain Commons builds locally, on GitHub > Actions, and > > > > > Travis CI by using Java 8. > > > > > > > > > > FYI, DAEMON is still on Java 6, presumably to support Tomcat. I > will > > > > start > > > > > a separate thread about that, just to check status. > > > > > > > > > > Gary > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > 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 > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > >
