Personally, I think we should release Pekko 1.3.0 and Pekko 2.0.0 in November.
何品 kerr <[email protected]> 于2025年11月9日周日 03:31写道： > I have all my systems running with Java 21, so personally, I don't want to > maintain Java 8 support for now. > And want to move to Pekko 2.0.0 soon, which has a clean start. > > Another concern is, Akka 2.8.0 does support Java 8, and they dropped Java > 8 support in Akka 2.9.0 > > If we plan to release 1.3.0 soon, we should also prepare to release 2.0.0. > After all, we have already migrated many features from Akka 2.7.0 and > included many features unique to Pekko. A new iteration can be started, and > we can release Pekko 2.1.0 in May next year. > > 何品 > > > PJ Fanning <[email protected]> 于2025年11月9日周日 03:24写道： > >> I don't personally believe that we need to port everything from Akka >> releases as they become available under the Apache license. I would >> prefer to concentrate on bug fixes and test coverage. Enhancements if >> people want them but I don't think we should grab them without >> evidence they are wanted by Pekko users. >> >> Once Pekko 2.0.0 is out, I don't think we should continue to take Akka >> changes over to 1.x unless they fix critical bugs - that they should >> only go into 2.x in normal circumstances. >> >> There is a reasonable chance that Akka 2.8.0 changes will become >> Apache licensed before we get to release Pekko 2.0.0. But maybe, it >> might focus our minds to get 2.0.0 complete before then. We could then >> just add Akka 2.8.0 stuff in a Pekko 2.x release. >> >> On Sat, 8 Nov 2025 at 20:08, kerr <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > I see, but if we want to support 1.4.0, then we will have much to port, >> eg, >> > Akka 2.8.0 needs to be ported to Pekko 1.4.x too . >> > And we don't have the same setup, eg, sortImports, Scala versions, Java >> > formatter, and Scala formatter, etc., which causes cherry picking a huge >> > burden. >> > While porting recently, I had to do many manual sortings to make the >> code >> > work with 1.3.x >> > >> > 何品 >> > >> > >> > PJ Fanning <[email protected]> 于2025年11月9日周日 01:43写道： >> > >> > > 1.x releases will support Java 8. >> > > I'm not going to guess what sort of 1.x releases we will need but we >> > > will continue to do 1.x releases including some small enhancements >> > > until 2.0.0 full release happens. After 2.0.0 is out, I think it is >> > > fairly likely that we will only fix bugs in 1.x and this will likely >> > > mean only occasional patch releases. >> > > We could easily end up with 1.3.1 or 1.4.0 releases and possibly >> beyond. >> > > >> > > On Sat, 8 Nov 2025 at 14:37, kerr <[email protected]> wrote: >> > > > >> > > > Is Pekko 1.3.0 the last release that we plan to support Java 8? >> > > >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > > 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] >> >>
