Voted. Also added a comment to do the same for 5.3.x On Feb 2, 2014, at 11:29 AM, Bob Harner wrote:
> Lenny, you add your name to the "demand" list by voting on the issue at > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/TAP5-2214 > > I've been playing with JDK 8 some myself and see a lot in there that > Tapestry could benefit from. At some point (but not soon) we may need a JDK > 8-specific branch to introduce API changes for lambda expressions, default > methods, and other cool new toys. > On Feb 1, 2014 12:35 PM, "Lenny Primak" <lpri...@hope.nyc.ny.us> wrote: > >> Thanks Bob for the explanation. >> You can put my name of the list of 'demand' for this. >> I am pretty sure that when JDK8 starts breaking T5.3, there will be a lot >> more 'demanders' >> >> >> On Feb 1, 2014, at 11:16 AM, Bob Harner wrote: >> >>> Lenny, >>> >>> As for whether ASM will be upgraded in the next version of 5.3, I >>> don't see why not, if there is any demand for it. All the developer >>> focus has been on 5.4, of course, so currently there doesn't seem to >>> be a need for any 5.3.8 release. As always, that can change. >>> >>> As I understand it, ASM is "baked in" with a modified package name so >>> that there isn't a risk of class conflicts with any other occurrences >>> of ASM in users' applications and libraries such as Hibernate. Read >>> the last sentence at http://asm.ow2.org/doc/faq.html >>> >>> On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 5:42 PM, Lenny Primak <lpri...@hope.nyc.ny.us> >> wrote: >>>> I am trying to find out about 5.3 specifically, not 5.4. >>>> I am sure that 5.4 is going to be upgraded to ASM that's compatible >> with Java 8 at some point, >>>> but our projects are using 5.3, and we don't plan to upgrade to 5.4 for >> various reasons. >>>> So, if there are no plans for upgrading 5.3 to the new ASM, we need to >> think about >>>> alternate plans ahead of time. >>>> >>>> Also, is there a particular reason why ASM is 'baked in' to plastic, as >> opposed >>>> to just having a separate maven / gradle dependency on it? >>>> Seems to be much easier to upgrade if it's a regular dependency rather >> than jarjar'd. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Jan 31, 2014, at 2:04 PM, Joachim Van der Auwera wrote: >>>> >>>>> I am currently using Tapestry 5.4 on Java8 by applying the patch given >> in https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/TAP5-2214. >>>>> I have not (yet) found other issues when using Java8. >>>>> >>>>> Personally, I would like to see this patch applied, but I understand >> that including a non-release version of ASM is not ideal. >>>>> >>>>> Kind regards, >>>>> Joachim >>>>> >>>>> On 01/31/2014 07:44 PM, Lenny Primak wrote: >>>>>> Is there a plan to update 5.3.x when Java 8 comes out? >>>>>> Is it just the matter of the version of ASM that is used or is there >> something >>>>>> else that precludes 5.3.x to run on Java 8? >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@tapestry.apache.org >>>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@tapestry.apache.org >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@tapestry.apache.org >>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@tapestry.apache.org >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@tapestry.apache.org >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@tapestry.apache.org >>>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@tapestry.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@tapestry.apache.org >>> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@tapestry.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@tapestry.apache.org >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@tapestry.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@tapestry.apache.org
