It seems to me that standard support (not payable) for Java 6 bug fixes is
ending in July 2012, a bit more than 8 months...
Jacques
From: "Ashish Vijaywargiya" <vijaywargiya.ash...@gmail.com>
When is the EOL for java 6?
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/eol-135779.html
<http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/eol-135779.html>-- One table inside
"Java SE Support Roadmap" is saying "Jul 2012" as EOL for Java 6.
-- Another table inside "Java for Business Support Roadmap" is saying "Dec
2016" as EOL for Java 6.
I think for now and more then one year we can keep continuing to support
Java 6 for all development and production deployments purpose.
Thanks!
--
Ashish
On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 3:51 PM, Scott Gray <scott.g...@hotwaxmedia.com>wrote:
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When is the EOL for java 6? What is the rush? By switching to Java 7 you
are telling everyone who wants to use the latest OFBiz that they MUST use
Java 7, there needs to be a good reason for that.
Regards
Scott
On 5/10/2011, at 9:26 PM, Jacques Le Roux wrote:
> Since, with java.nio.file, most important changes introduced by Java 7
are syntactic sugar (Coin project), I was more thinking about
> a continued effort, not limited in time, hence no need for a branch.
> It would just require a decision and to turn OFBiz development to Java 7.
But of course this is a community choice and we need neeed more people
interested before taking any decision...
>
>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_version_history#Java_SE_7_.28July_28.2C_2011.29
>
> Jacques
>
> From: "Sascha Rodekamp" <sascha.rodekamp.lynx...@googlemail.com>
>> Hi,
>>
>> +1 for java 7
>> But i think when updating the java version there are some parts of the
code
>> we can improve with the new java features. I.e the try catch with
resources
>> or the new diamond operator for generics ...
>>
>> So why not creating a jira ticket and a separate branch, do some changes
>> testing everything properly and merge back.
>>
>> Have a good day
>> Sascha
>>
>>
>>
>> 2011/10/4 Jacques Le Roux <jacques.le.r...@les7arts.com>
>>
>>> As soon as we change things maybe. Not even sure it's really needed, at
>>> least last updated were done in trunk. Java 7 does not introduce much
>>> changes anyway...
>>>
>>> Jacques
>>>
>>> From: "BJ Freeman" <bjf...@free-man.net>
>>>
>>> I think a branch would be appropriate
>>>>
>>>> Jacques Le Roux sent the following on 10/3/2011 3:50 AM:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> One day or another we will have to move to Java 7, I believe.
>>>>>
http://www.eclipse.org/jdt/ui/**r3_8/Java7news/whats-new-java-**7.html<
http://www.eclipse.org/jdt/ui/r3_8/Java7news/whats-new-java-7.html>
>>>>>
>>>>> Opinions?
>>>>>
>>>>> Jacques
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Sascha Rodekamp
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