On Wed, 12 Jun 2019 at 02:23, Dave <snoopd...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 10, 2019 at 6:03 AM sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Note that Java 7 has extended support until July 2022. > > > > https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/java-se-support-roadmap.html > > > > Is there any pressing need to move to Java 11? > > > > I'm not sure there is a pressing need, depending on how you define pressing > need, but the work is already done/ready to merge and multiple folks have > expressed support for the upgrade. I think it makes sense to modernize > Roller and dependencies and Java 11 is generally better than 1.7 and 1.8.
Java 11 may well be better (one would hope so!) However, raising the minimum Java version means that existing users may have to update their version of Java. That is a generally a major undertaking for enterprises who need to ensure that the new Java version is fully tested in their environment. > Dave > > > > > > > > On Sun, 9 Jun 2019 at 22:10, Dave <snoopd...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > I've been running Roller 6.0.0-SNAPSHOT under Java 11 on my site for a > > > while now. Unless somebody objects, I plan to merge boostrap-ui which > > > contains the new Boostrap UI for Roller and moves Roller to Java 11 this > > > week. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Dave > > > > > > > > > On Tue, May 14, 2019 at 4:59 AM Greg Huber <gregh3...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > for java11 email was troublesome as jaf was removed, also now its > > morphed : > > > > https://eclipse-ee4j.github.io/javamail/ > > > > <dependency> > > > > <groupId>com.sun.mail</groupId> > > > > <artifactId>jakarta.mail</artifactId> > > > > <version>1.6.3</version> > > > > <scope>provided</scope> > > > > </dependency> > > > > > > > > Cheers Greg > > > > > > > > On Sun, 12 May 2019 at 19:26, Dave <snoopd...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > We've got a Pull Request that adds support for Java 11 in Roller. > > > > > https://github.com/apache/roller/pull/14 > > > > > > > > > > Is anybody opposed to merging this PR and moving Roller's master > > branch > > > > to > > > > > Java 11? > > > > > > > > > > I think the next major release of Roller (6.0) should include the new > > > > > Bootstrap based UI and should run on Java 11. Java 8 has been EOLed > > and > > > > > Java 11 is the current LTS version, so IMO it makes sense to upgrade. > > > > > > > > > > I plan to continue to maintain Roller 5.x on Java 8 for the > > foreseeable > > > > > future. > > > > > > > > > > Dave > > > > > > > > > > >
