Well, maybe we could discontinue nb-javac from 12.0 onwards, assuming the javac tooling by then does most/all we need, which would not mean that the OracleLabs scenario below is impacted since that use case is unrelated to the Java editor, which is the only place where nb-javac is relevant. I.e., we’d still support JDK 8, just not for editing Java code in the editor.
Feel free to shoot this down, it’s just a thought. Gj On Thu, 27 Feb 2020 at 13:29, Jaroslav Tulach <[email protected]> wrote: > čt 27. 2. 2020 v 2:13 odesílatel Laszlo Kishalmi < > [email protected]> > napsal: > > > Dear all, > > > > What do you think about stopping support Java 8 as NetBeans runtime from > > 12.1 and on? > > > > -10 > > OracleLabs is building the GraalVM tools on top of NetBeans Platform. The > tools include such popular applications like VisualVM. As we produce > GraalVM+JDK8 bundle, we need the NetBeans Runtime and applications built on > top of it to run on JDK8. Btw. I am sure other NetBeans Platform users are > in the similar position. > > If you want OracleLabs members to contribute to Apache NetBeans, then the > NetBeans Platform (at least, possibly also ide, webcommon and java > clusters) shall compile and execute on JDK8. > -jt > > > Neil mentioned it in the user's chat first regarding that we have issues > > with nb-javac from time to time. > > > > As we know our mid term plan is/was to rely on javac tooling instead of > > habing to maintain the nb-javac fork. > > > > Right now NetBeans run fairly well on standard javac, however when the > > IDE is running on Java 8 we need the nb-javac. > > > > I think removing Java 8 support as runtime shall be not a big deal, it > > would be a few thing less to worry about. During the 12.x cycle we could > > perfect our stuff on Java 11. > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists > > > > > > > > >
