Nothing would force you to use java 8 features in anything you worked on. But they would be available. And if the branches are always "in sync", what is the point of having 2 branches? There would never be a reason for a major release. On Sep 14, 2014 9:33 AM, "Anshum Gupta" <ans...@anshumgupta.net> wrote:
> I don't have a really strong opinion on 'Should we move to Java 8' but at > the same time would not really be happy dealing with 2 continuously > diverging branches. I wouldn't want to rewrite the same implementation > twice over and get it to work. > > I am not sure about others but I think it will also make it tougher to > attract contributors knowing they might have to deal with 2 divergent > branches. > > At the same time, if there's a reason compelling enough that makes the > lives of everyone involved better (read, easier), I'll be in for it. > > > On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 8:41 AM, Ryan Ernst <r...@iernst.net> wrote: > >> It has been 6 months since Java 8 was released. It has proven to be >> both stable (no issues like with the initial release of java 7) and >> faster. And there are a ton of features that would make our lives as >> developers easier (and that can improve the quality of Lucene 5 when >> it is eventually released). >> >> We should stay ahead of the curve, and move trunk to Java 8. >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@lucene.apache.org >> >> > > > -- > > Anshum Gupta > http://www.anshumgupta.net >
