Hervé and I discussed on irc earlier today. My suggestion - I was going to write up tomorrow - is that we drop 7 for 3.6.x
We should focus 3.6.x on making the codebase Java 8 (lambdas, replace File____Stream with the non-file handle leak version, adopt Path, etc) with a view to encourage contributions... and best support for Java 9 (such that if you run j9 we recommend 3.6.x) We can keep 3.5.x alive for security issues and S1/S2 backports for the next 6 months or so. Close all other lines. 75% of people were fine with requiring Java 8 Also remember that Java 7 ships with out of date TLS root CA certs and iirc does not support SNI, so the reality is you shouldn't be running Maven with Java 7 unless you are within a secure intranet with a corp proxy that can perform the TLS verification for you. (Now openjdk 7 is a different story, but if we say some subset of 7 then people will assume oracle 7 also) On Sun 10 Sep 2017 at 17:52, Arnaud Héritier <[email protected]> wrote: > But on twitter thus probably far from being a good representation of our > users ... > > Le dim. 10 sept. 2017 à 18:45, Gary Gregory <[email protected]> a > écrit : > > > On Sep 10, 2017 10:33, "Robert Scholte" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > So what would be the conclusion? > > > > 35% want to keep Java7 as JRE for Maven for a shorter or longer period? > > > > IMHO that's a lot > > > > > > but less than the 65% who do not, an overwhelming majority. > > > > Gary > > > > > > Robert > > > > > > On Sun, 10 Sep 2017 11:55:20 +0200, Stephen Connolly < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > So poll results: > > > > > > 493 votes cast > > > > > > 25% want Java 7,8&9 for Maven 3.6.x > > > 65% want Java 8&9 for Maven 3.6.x > > > 10% want Java 8&9 for Maven 3.6.x and 6 months of backporting to 3.5.x > > > > > > On Sat 9 Sep 2017 at 11:50, Stephen Connolly < > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > https://twitter.com/asfmavenproject/status/906451059966693376 > > >> -- > > >> Sent from my phone > > >> > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > -- > ----- > Arnaud Héritier > http://aheritier.net > Mail/GTalk: aheritier AT gmail DOT com > Twitter/Skype : aheritier > -- Sent from my phone
