+1 :) On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 10:34 AM, John D. Ament <johndam...@apache.org> wrote:
> All, > > Here's the announcement I'm going to post to the site. Let me know if you > have any comments on the change. > > == End of Support Announcement - Java 6 > > > The Apache DeltaSpike team has decided to begin dropping support for > > Java 6. The next release, 1.6.0 is currently planned to be the last > > minor release to support Java 6. Patch fixes on 1.6.x will continue > > to support it, but our next minor release (1.7.0) will require > > Java 7 at a minimum. > > > > On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 8:17 AM Harald Wellmann <hwellmann...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > +1 > > > > 2016-03-25 13:09 GMT+01:00 John D. Ament <johndam...@apache.org>: > > > > > BTW, if we do agree to drop Java 6, do we create a 1.6 maintenance > branch > > > or just leave the tag, and if need be cut a bug fix release then? > > > > > > John > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 8:06 AM John D. Ament <johndam...@apache.org> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > To me, dropping support for Java 6 doesn't mean rewriting the code > base > > > to > > > > only be compliant with Java 7 and up. > > > > > > > > It does allow for some new stuff in our codebase, if we want to go > back > > > > and clean it up: > > > > > > > > - try-with-resources > > > > - automatic type inference on generics. > > > > > > > > But those are just clean ups, no real new functionality. > > > > > > > > John > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 4:24 AM Thomas Andraschko < > > > > andraschko.tho...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > >> basically +1 > > > >> Most of our customers are using 1.7 since this year. > > > >> > > > >> I just wonder whats the benefit for us? > > > >> I think there are no language features which would improve our code > > > base. > > > >> > > > >> 2016-03-25 3:25 GMT+01:00 John D. Ament <johndam...@apache.org>: > > > >> > > > >> > Hey guys, > > > >> > > > > >> > I've brought this topic up before without much positive > response. I > > > >> figure > > > >> > I'll bring it up again. > > > >> > > > > >> > I'd like to propose that DeltaSpike 1.6 be the last minor release > to > > > >> > support Java 1.6. I suspect that most users are already using > Java > > 7 > > > or > > > >> > higher. None of our builds in CI (builds.apache.org) currently > run > > > on > > > >> 1.6 > > > >> > either, so while we can say from a syntax standpoint we're 1.6 > > > compliant > > > >> > I'm not sure we can say from a JDK Library standpoint we don't > rely > > on > > > >> > anything from Java 7. > > > >> > > > > >> > We're one of the few projects that probably still supports Java 6 > > as a > > > >> > mainline development, so I was hoping we could just cut 1.6 as 1.6 > > > >> > compliant, if we need to cut patch releases of 1.6 to apply > patches, > > > but > > > >> > with DeltaSpike 1.7 and on, focus on Java 7 and up. > > > >> > > > > >> > John > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > -- Daniel Cunha https://twitter.com/dvlc_ http://www.tomitribe.com http://www.tomitribe.io
