+1 from my side ! Let's move with time, :) I wonder if we have use cases where we need to support backward compatibility.
On Sun, Jun 4, 2023 at 12:31 PM Martin Wiesner <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everybody, > > Does anyone else have feedback or wants to share his/her opinion regarding > the move to Java 17? > > Best > Martin > — > https://twitter.com/mawiesne > https://github.com/mawiesne > > > On 2023/05/30 18:05:28 Richard Zowalla wrote: > > +1 > > > > Am Dienstag, dem 30.05.2023 um 16:49 +0200 schrieb Martin Wiesner: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > time progresses and Java 11 LTS is set to be EOL with 30 Sep 2023 > > > (see: https://endoflife.date/java). Therefore, some days ago, I’ve > > > opened OPENNLP-1496, proposing to migrate OpenNLP’s codebase to Java > > > 17 LTS, see: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OPENNLP-1496. > > > > > > The (official) EOL date will hit pretty soon. With that in mind, the > > > project should consider to migrate the build and target JDK towards > > > the next LTS release, that is: Java 17. This will be supported until > > > at least 30 Sep 2026. > > > > > > The primary aims that I identified are: > > > - Keep pace with the Java ecosystem, > > > - Modernizes the code base with new(er) language features, > > > - Benefit by performance enhancements and fixes provided with 17.x > > > LTS. > > > > > > A PR that demonstrates that all build steps (GH actions) are green, > > > and no blockers occur, is already available here: > > > https://github.com/apache/opennlp/pull/535 > > > and received some feedback. > > > > > > With that being said, I’d like reach out here on the list(s) and to > > > get your opinions on moving on to J17. Open for (m)any comments. > > > > > > Thanks > > > mawiesne > > > — > > > https://twitter.com/mawiesne > > > https://github.com/mawiesne > > > > > > > > > > >
