And let's also move trunk to Java 8 then. My suggestion is either: - Backport all Java 8 changes from trunk to 4.x (and reassign fix versions to 4.8) - Or re-branch trunk to branch_4x, incorporating *all* changes from trunk (so "svn rm branch_4x; svn cp trunk branch_4x")
It depends on how much work this is and which issues are affected. We should decide this and not hurry any heavy commits. ----- Uwe Schindler H.-H.-Meier-Allee 63, D-28213 Bremen http://www.thetaphi.de eMail: [email protected] > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Muir [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2014 2:38 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Release Lucene 5? > > +1, thats the right solution. > > On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 8:18 AM, Uwe Schindler <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ok, then let’s release 4.8 using Java 7 as minimum requirement! Both > > is fine to me. I just want Java 6 go away! > > > > > > > > ----- > > > > Uwe Schindler > > > > H.-H.-Meier-Allee 63, D-28213 Bremen > > > > http://www.thetaphi.de > > > > eMail: [email protected] > > > > > > > > From: Robert Muir [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2014 1:35 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: Release Lucene 5? > > > > > > > > Sorry, but I disagree. We shouldn't release a new major version for > > arbitrary reasons. Meanwhile the 4.x releases keep getting better, > > maybe it could go to 4.12 or 4.15 before 4.x runs out of steam. > > > > On Mar 8, 2014 6:27 AM, "Uwe Schindler" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > Java 8 will get released (hopefully, but I trust the release plan!) on > > March 18, 2014. Because of this, lots of developers will move to Java > > 8, too. This makes maintaining 3 versions for developing Lucene 4.x > > not easy anymore (unless you have cool JAVA_HOME "cmd" launcher > > scriptsusing StEXBar available for your Windows Explorer - or similar stuff > > in > Linux). > > > > I think we should release Lucene 5 with Java 7 as minimum requirement > > quite soon - I could act as release manager. Unfortunately we have not > > many new features (as most stuff was backported, breaking backwards > > compatibility), but we should really work on releasing it. In my > > opinion, Java 7 minimum requirement is a good reason for a major > > version bump. I don't think we should add another 4.x release series! > > I would prefer to move branch_4x to the attic and disable its Jenkins > > builds. This would also allow to remove support for crazy JRockit, because > there is no longer JRockit for Java 7. > > > > Uwe > > > > ----- > > Uwe Schindler > > H.-H.-Meier-Allee 63, D-28213 Bremen > > http://www.thetaphi.de > > eMail: [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For > > additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional > commands, e-mail: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
