+1 LieGrue, strub
> Am 28.03.2016 um 17:39 schrieb Jason Porter <lightguard...@gmail.com>: > > +1 > > On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 11:36 AM, Harald Wellmann <hwellmann...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> +1 >> >> 2016-03-26 17:49 GMT+01:00 Christian Kaltepoth <christ...@kaltepoth.de>: >> >>> +1 >>> >>> 2016-03-26 16:50 GMT+01:00 Daniel Cunha <daniels...@gmail.com>: >>> >>>> +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 >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Christian Kaltepoth >>> Blog: http://blog.kaltepoth.de/ >>> Twitter: http://twitter.com/chkal >>> GitHub: https://github.com/chkal >>> >> > > > > -- > Jason Porter > http://en.gravatar.com/lightguardjp
