On 01/01/2021 12:13, Andy Seaborne wrote:
Should we switch to Java11?
Proposal:
1/ Ask on users@ -- what we need is "new information" such as "I am
blocked from updating Java because ...", not "I haven't got round to it".
2/ Switch to Java11 for the next release but not make so many changes
that we can't easily go back to Java8.
Andy
The discussion on users@
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re6bd2d266343a5dffc2b811df2ed63caea07196db42bb929a6b2fb7d%40%3Cusers.jena.apache.org%3E
Points:
* bump to Jena4.
* request to keep a parallel 3.x branch (nice if resourced only if
resourced)
If Jena4, then are there any things we can do which won't significant
impact the timescale - we can take longer of course but I think any
major work item that would need several additional months, and all the
risk of that slipping :-), really must be important.
1/ Mass removal of deprecated - a lot has been deprecated for many
versions so removing it a 4.x seems reasonable. I hope people have been
taking note but code can always return if necessary.
2/ Retire modules or remove code we do not want to migrate to Jena4,
especially as we can still include it again later if there is
unanticipated user demand. Again, a major version jump is a time to be
bold(er); all code has cost.
jena-text-es is a candidate from my point of view. No one is maintaining
it and it is complicated to setup and support.
Andy
