Just for info, this is the issue just opened: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA-7485
Sandro 2014-03-21 12:56 GMT+01:00 Sandro Martini <sandro.mart...@gmail.com>: > Hi all, > just defined a new Jenkins Job to build our trunk with JDK 8, here: > https://builds.apache.org/job/Pivot-trunk%20on%20Java%208/ > > but currently it's disabled because there isn't available a JDK 8 in > Jenkins servers ... I hope to enable it soon. > In the meantime I'll ask to Infra to install it. > > Bye, > Sandro > > > 2014-03-20 9:30 GMT+01:00 Sandro Martini <sandro.mart...@gmail.com>: >> Hi Roger, >> I downloaded it yesterday (it's available now), but didn't tried it. >> >> I can look at Apache Jenkins and do a new build of Pivot trunk with a >> JDK 8 (if available, otherwise ask to Infra to add it) ... >> >> Lambda expressions could be very useful to simplify some parts of >> code, Nashorn (the new and complete JavaScript Scripting engine) could >> be great even for us (js scripts now can run even directly from the >> command line with a dedicated tool, jjs, other that the usual >> jrunscript), etc ... >> And JavaFX continues to evolve ... >> >> Anyway, if someone has some feedback on it, tell us. >> >> Bye, >> Sandro >> >> 2014-03-19 23:58 GMT+01:00 Roger Whitcomb <roger.whitc...@actian.com>: >>> Just got news that JDK 8 is production-ready, and GA will be announced next >>> Tuesday, March 25: http://mreinhold.org/blog/jdk8-ga >>> >>> Just wondered if anyone had tried Pivot using Java 8? I know other major >>> projects at Apache (including Maven, Commons, and probably others) have >>> been testing pre-production versions... >>> >>> Cheers, >>> ~Roger >>> >>>
