+1 (both for the move to java 7, Robert's concerns and Stephen justification)
another reason: the next Maven core minor version bump isn't expected before a while let's use the 3.3.0 minor version choice done on Maven features be used on this internal JDK choice update too Regards, Hervé Le jeudi 5 mars 2015 08:14:57 Jason van Zyl a écrit : > Robert, > > I think it's reasonable at this point to move to Java 1.7. I'd really prefer > to use new features and given Java 1.7 is about to be EOL'd I don't think > it's very practical staying on Java 1.6. > On Mar 5, 2015, at 8:09 AM, Stephen Connolly <[email protected]> wrote: > > We never got a final official policy. > > > > I believe the consensus was at least: > > > > * all Java versions currently supported by Oracle and one back on a Major > > version bump. > > > > I think we should go with all Java versions currently supported by Oracle > > on a Minor version bump... but there was some grumbling from Chris and I > > didn't want to fracture the community at the time. > > > > I think with Oracle being more strict it is reasonable that we start > > moving > > on up. > > > > Thus if we are to have a policy I would say that every minor version > > release is supposed to work with any version line of Java that was under > > public free support by Oracle at the time of the first release in our > > minor > > version line. > > > > Or in other words, 3.3.x would be JDK7 & JDK8 (it may work with JDK9 but > > we > > cannot know until that is released) > > > > Moving our base JDK up will allow us to compile with JDK7 bytecode which > > will improve startup performance according to the rumours I have heard. > > > > On 5 March 2015 at 15:53, Jason van Zyl <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Stephen, as the keeper of long discussions we've had about JDK versions > >> what did we actually decide a while back? > >> > >> On Mar 5, 2015, at 7:43 AM, Stephen Connolly < > >> > >> [email protected]> wrote: > >>> +1 > >>> > >>> On 5 March 2015 at 12:19, Igor Fedorenko <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> With maven core version change to 3.3.0 on master, any objections I > >>>> change compile source/target to java 7? > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> Regards, > >>>> Igor > >>>> > >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Jason > >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------- > >> Jason van Zyl > >> Founder, Takari and Apache Maven > >> http://twitter.com/jvanzyl > >> http://twitter.com/takari_io > >> --------------------------------------------------------- > >> > >> Selfish deeds are the shortest path to self destruction. > >> > >> -- The Seven Samuari, Akira Kurosawa > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > Thanks, > > Jason > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > Jason van Zyl > Founder, Takari and Apache Maven > http://twitter.com/jvanzyl > http://twitter.com/takari_io > --------------------------------------------------------- > > There's no sense in being precise when you don't even know what you're > talking about. > > -- John von Neumann > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
